The need for a practice advice note on the roles of social workers in the Care Act was identified by the Chief Social Worker and was reinforced by a consultation with 140 social workers, who agreed the general content of this advice. The Advice Note identifies social workers as being fundamental to the achievability of the Care Act because they are registered as having the knowledge and skills to achieve changes to protect, safeguard, promote...

This analysis by the Policy Institute at King’s College London reveals the extent of divisions in Britain during the 2019 general election campaign. Using data from a survey of over 2,000 adults conducted between 27 and 29 November, the analysis finds that people’s Brexit identities have grown stronger, that opposing groups have very negative views of each other and the two main parties’ leaders, and that there are widespread misperceptions about how the “other side”...

This report presents the key findings of a small-scale research project exploring the mortality and health needs of clients of Tenancy Sustainment Team (TST) services. The research was commissioned in response to concerns by the Greater London Authority (GLA) and TST service managers about premature deaths among TST clients and the need to learn more about the health needs of this group, particularly the incidence of chronic or long-term health conditions (LTCs).

This data contains the three-dimensional force and torque information recorded during palpation of a silicone phantom organ with hard nodules. The order of data is as follows: Force X, Force Y, Force Z (normal), Torque X, Torque Y, Torque Z.

UK election 2015: setting the agenda builds on innovative work by Dr Martin Moore and Dr Gordon Ramsay started in January 2015. Using new methods for collecting and analysing news and social media content, the report provides a fresh perspective on how political communication is changing in the digital era. Moore and Ramsay began collecting and analysing media coverage of the UK 2015 election campaign at the beginning of 2015, using a software tool they...

GWAS summary statistics. Phenotype: symptoms following cognitive behavioural therapySample 1: Adults with anxiety disorders (n=972)Sample 2: Adults with major depressive disorder (n=832)Sample 3: Children with anxiety disorders (n=920)Sample 4: Meta-analysis sample (n=2,724)Geo/Spatial Coverage:for 'cbt_outcomes_gwa_meta_analysis_metal_results.txt' all participants were of White Western European ancestry (2019)for 'cbt_outcomes_adult_anx_loco_mlma_results.txt' data were collected from participants of White Western European ancestry from Germany or Sweden (2015)for 'cbt_outcomes_adult_mdd_loco_mlma_results.txt' data were collected from participants of White Western European ancestry from Sweden (2018)for 'cbt_outcomes_child_anx_loco_mlma_results.txt' data...

This study is about the new and growing phenomenon of global tech giants, their increasing civic power, and what this means for democracies. It might best be described as an essay, in the sense of an extended argument and a series of observations and provocations. It aims to open debate about the role of the tech giants – notably Google, Facebook, Apple and others – in democracy and civic life, as distinct from their impact...

Additional experimental data not included in the main paper:Enrico Raffaele Fantoni, Diego Dal Ben, Simonetta Falzoni, Francesco Di Virgilio, Simon Lovestone and Antony Gee (2017), Design, synthesis and evaluation in an LPS rodent model of neuroinflammation of a novel 18F-labelled PET tracer targeting P2X7, EJNMMI Research, 7:31. DOI: 10.1186/s13550-017-0275-2

This report was commissioned by the BBC Trust in order to explore ways to better protect the BBC’s financial independence beyond Charter Renewal. The ideas presented in the report are derived from ten interviews with expert sources conducted for the study in October and November 2015, supplemented by relevant publicly available information. The study was completed in six weeks. The results presented here are intended to invite further debate and exploration of questions regarding the...