Adult Social Care Needs Assessments
No one can receive state support for social care without first having a “needs assessment”. With over 2 million requests for support each year in England alone, this process is at the core of the social care system: it determines an adult’s and/or their carer’s needs, their wellbeing, and the outcomes they wish to achieve.
This project aims to understand what social care users think is fair in social care “needs assessment” processes, and make recommendations to change needs assessment practices.
Project team
- Dr Eppie Leishman, Research Associate, School for Business and Society, University of York
- Professor Joe Tomlinson, Professor of Public Law, University of York
- Dr Jed Meers, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of York
- Professor Simon Halliday, Professor of Socio-legal Studies, University of Strathclyde
- Dr Michela Tinelli, Assistant Professorial Research Fellow and NIHR SSCR Leadership Fellow, London School of Economics
- Professor Yvonne Birks, School of Business and Society, University of York
- Laura Haviland, Network Coordinator, University of York
Impact and engagement
The project is working with five local authorities, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, Access Social Care, and Think Local Act Personal to help improve needs assessment practices.
Funding
This research is kindly funded by the National Institute for Health and Social Care Research.
Contact us
If you have any questions about this research or if you think this research could be helpful to you and want more information, please contact Dr Jed Meers.
Dr Jed Meers
Contact us
If you have any questions about this research or if you think this research could be helpful to you and want more information, please contact Dr Jed Meers.
Dr Jed Meers