Evidence Hub launched to tackle inequities in social care
- Area of Work: The ALLIANCE
- Type: News Item
- Published: 29th April 2026
This new resource from the Social Care Institute for Excellence brings together research, data, and practice evidence.
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has launched its Care Equity Evidence Hub – an online resource bringing together research, data, and practice evidence to address inequities in social care.
There are persistent differences in people’s access to social care and support, their experiences of services, and the outcomes they achieve. Yet the evidence needed to understand and address these differences is often fragmented, difficult to find and written in ways that limit its use in practice. These barriers prevent those shaping policy, commissioning, and practice decisions from using evidence meaningfully.
The Care Equity Evidence Hub responds to this challenge by consolidating and summarising reviewed and appraised evidence from across research, data and practice. By presenting it in an accessible way and organising it around sector priorities, the Hub makes it easier to find and apply in real-world decision-making.
Evidence in the Hub is organised across six key themes: workforce, underserved populations, neighbourhood health, financial inequities, geographical inequities, and the use of technology in care.
Learn more about the Hub here.
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