Since its first issue in 1986 the Social Services Research Group’s journal Research Policy and Planning has been one of the key research journals in the personal social services. The Journal is devoted to publishing work by researchers and practitioners in local and central government, other statutory authorities and voluntary agencies. Submission guidance for authors.
Online access
The full text of Research, Policy and Planning, from 1999 onwards, is currently available on this website. Free online access to RPP has been made available in partnership with the Social Care Institute for Excellence.
Articles are available as web pages (HTML) until vol 19 (2) 2000. Since that issue, articles have been made available in Portable Document Format (PDF) format.
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Research, Policy and Planning Vol 28(1), 2010
- Full Publication (PDF file, 590 kb)
Articles:
- Editorial (PDF file, 27kb)
- The future of social care in the UK (PDF file, 105kb) Sylvia Godden and Allyson M Pollock
- Current challenges to the quality of social care services for people with intellectual disabilities in the UK (PDF file, 9kb) Robin Jackson
- A depth of data: research messages on the state of social work education in England (PDF file, 131kb) Jo Moriarty, Jill Manthorpe, Martin Stevens, Shereen Hussein, Endellion Sharpe, Joan Orme, Gillian MacIntyre, Pam Green Lister and Beth R Crisp
- The positive outcomes of developing a research bid with young carers (PDF file, 102kb) Janet Warren
- Proud2B: An evaluation of outcomes for adults with a learning disability from minority groups in Hampshire participating in a club celebrating and exploring culture (PDF file, 72kb) Dominique Rawlings
- Book Reviews (PDF file, 52kb)
Research, Policy and Planning Vol 28(2), 2010
- Full publication (PDF file, 684kb)
Articles:
- Editorial (PDF file, 29kb)
- Making a difference to people’s lives: policy principles and the role of health and social care regulation (PDF file, 113kb) Alan Rosenbach and Rhidian Hughes
- Oxfordshire County Council’s research into preventing care home admissions and subsequent service redesign (PDF file, 91kb) Rachel Taylor, Liz Cairncross and Sara Livadeas
- Challenges in evaluating a ‘Think child, think parent, think family’ approach to adult mental health and children’s services (PDF file, 174kb) Hannah Roscoe
- Can the shift from needs-led to outcomes-focused assessment in health and social care deliver on policy priorities? (PDF file, 101kb) Emma Miller
- Developing The College of Social Work (PDF file, 76kb) Dorit Braun and Bridget Robb
- Book Reviews (PDF file, 43kb)