Research, data and innovation

Research strategy for Wales

Find out about the social care research and development strategy for Wales 2018-23.

Getting evidence into practice

Find out about our evidence offer, which explains how we're supporting the workforce to create evidence enriched practice, and the research we carried out to help develop this.

Social care workforce survey 2023

An overview of the findings of our survey of the registered workforce.

Our partnership with Developing Evidence Enriched Practice (DEEP)

We’ve been funding DEEP since April 2023.

Innovation coaching service

We’ve launched a free coaching service to support promising social care innovations across Wales.

Strategic approach to data

We're leading on developing a more strategic approach to social care data in collaboration with Welsh Government and other partners.

National social care data portal for Wales

A range of data from a variety of sources relating to social care services.

Data maturity assessment 2023

We’re carrying out research into the maturity of social care data in Wales.

Workforce reports

Data and information on the social care workforce in Wales.

NHS Wales e-Library access for registered social workers and social care managers

Information on how to access NHS Wales e-Library resources.

Curated research

Research on social care. The research is chosen or ‘curated’ by people who have professional experience in the topic area.