1. SCIE’s work on cost-effectiveness
in social care
Working with stakeholders to develop an evidence base
Many gaps in the evidence - and methodological challenges
Building on:
Our academic links and other partnerships
Our own (developing) economics expertise
Our experience of disseminating research
findings
Our accessible website
Our new Good Practice Framework

2. SCIE’s work programme on economic
evaluation
Seeking to incorporate economic evaluation into our
assessment of what constitutes good practice
Aiming to publish a series of briefings on the theme of
“prevention” in 2010 and 2011
Starting with a briefing on reablement – incorporating new
findings from PSSRU - in autumn 2010

3. SCIE’s work in partnership with other national agencies
Meeting regularly with key partners – e.g. DH, ADASS, LGID,
Audit Commission, CQC – to plan a co-ordinated approach
Taking stock of the evidence that already exists, and of the
areas that require further research/investigation
Co-ordinating our work both to collect and to disseminate
relevant evidence and information
Aiming to develop a web-based information hub on
cost-effectiveness in adult social care

4. Efficiency and personalisation
Working with DH to collect evidence about emerging
successful practice:
Is personalisation delivering better value for money?
What is the impact on costs?
Are processes being streamlined?
How are markets responding?
Using SCIE’s Good Practice Framework to assess and
disseminate the evidence
Aiming to complete by end of October