Sustainable care network announced to identify solutions to UK social care crisis

A new research project led by academics at the University of Sheffield will examine potential sustainable solutions to the ongoing crisis within the UK’s social care system.

With an ageing population, shortages of staff in home and residential care, and growing reliance on unpaid carers, the question of how to resource and deliver social care is a critical issue facing society today.

CATCH receives congratulations from Pro-Vice Chancellor Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health

CATCH were delighted this month to receive congratulations from the Vice President and Pro-Vice Chancellor Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health, Professor Dame Pam Shaw.

CATCH played a key role in consortia that won two prestigious funding calls and has also had papers published in a high impact journal.

Applying Relationships Science to Contemporary Interventions (ApReSCI)

ApplyingRelationships Science to Contemporary Interventions (ApReSCI) is a three-year collaborative programme of seminar series, designed to facilitate dialogue around relationships science between key stakeholders in contemporary interventions.

Funded by the ESRC and led by Dr Abigail Millings along with co-investigators from top institutions around the UK, the project aims to address the biggest issues in contemporary interventions today – motivation, engagement, and adherence – using relationships science.

Bringing leading experts in the field of relationships research together with developers of contemporary interventions, the seminars provide a forum for discussion and knowledge exchange to ultimately improve the implementation and effectiveness of contemporary interventions.

Event 8 will take place at The University of Bristol on Thursday 22nd September 2016 with the theme of “wider applications of attachment theory in contemporary interventions”. The event is free to attend and you can register here.

Within CATCH, we have four research areas. ApReSCI falls into the “Complex Behavioural Interventions” theme where we have a strong strong track record in the use of technology for behaviour change support, and implementation. These partnerships include work with the NHS, the Department of Psychology and experts in Clinical Psychology within the University of Sheffield. This combination of expertise allows leading theoretical and applied research in psychological behaviour change techniques to be applied to healthcare interventions delivered via smart technologies.

ApReSCI is just one of our many projects that sits within Complex Behavioural Interventions and we’re proud to have recently published two papers in this area.

For more information on Applying Relationships Science to Contemporary Interventions, please visit the website or contact Laura Murray.