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SCIE improves the lives of people of all ages by co-producing, sharing, and supporting the use of the best available knowledge and evidence about what works in practice.

Co-production Week always provides an opportunity to pause, listen and learn. It became clear throughout the week that co-production can be a powerful tool for identifying and addressing inequities in care—but only when the co-production itself is genuinely equitable. Find out more in this blog.

Lessons from Co-production Week: Care Equity in focus- SCIE

Gerard Crofton-Martin reflects on SCIE's Co-production Week, exploring what equitable co-production requires to achieve real care equity.

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SCIE's new qualitative research looks at how people drawing on care and unpaid carers experience inequities in social care. Dr Matthew Ford, Senior Research Analyst at SCIE, explores the key research findings in this blog.

What our new research is teaching us about care equity- SCIE

Earlier this year, SCIE commissioned new qualitative research, carried out by Thinks Insight & Strategy, to better understand how people drawing on care and unpaid carers experience inequities in soci...

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SCIE and Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) have responded to the launch of the Big Conversation on Care and the Prime Minister’s three social care announcements today. Read statements by Gerard Crofton-Martin and Dr Clenton Farquharson CBE on SCIE’s website.

SCIE and TLAP respond to Prime Minister’s three social care announcements SCIE

Today, 29 July 2026, the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) and Think Local Act Personal (TLAP)  have responded to the launch of the Big Conversation on Care, led by Baroness Casey’s independ...

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Missed our recent webinar with @weightmans.bsky.social on the Supreme Court's deprivation of liberty judgment? You can now watch the recording and download the presentation slides. Watch the recording and download the slides here: www.scie.org.uk/mca/dols/web...

What the Supreme Court's Deprivation of Liberty judgment means for Social Care | SCIE Webinar 2026 - SCIE

Watch our webinar: Understand the Supreme Court's Deprivation of Liberty judgment and its practical implications.

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In this new blog, The SCIE Flyers, a lived experience group of people with learning disabilities and autistic people, share why listening to and learning from people with lived experience leads to stronger relationships, better decisions, and more effective support.

Valuing and recognising lived experience: Blog by the SCIE FLYERS - SCIE

The SCIE FLYERS share why valuing lived experience builds trust, improves communication, and empowers people with learning disabilities.

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The CQC has today published a report titled ‘Local Authority Assessments 2023–2026: Emerging Themes and Findings’. The report finds too much variation in people’s experiences of adult social care. Read SCIE and TLAP’s press release for our response.

SCIE responds to Timms Review interim report- SCIE

The Timms Review is an opportunity to ensure that PIP can support disabled people and people with long-term health conditions to live with independence, dignity, and choice.

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This Wednesday, SCIE is hosting its ‘What the Supreme Court's deprivation of liberty judgment means for social care’ webinar. Register your place today🔗 scie.info/DOLs-Webinar... ⏰Wednesday 15 July, 3:00 PM until 4:00 PM

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The Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) has now published its interim report. SCIE submitted evidence to the consultation that informed this report. Read our full response, authored by our Interim Chief Executive, Gerard Crofton-Martin, on our website.

SCIE responds to Timms Review interim report- SCIE

The Timms Review is an opportunity to ensure that PIP can support disabled people and people with long-term health conditions to live with independence, dignity, and choice.

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Today, the Local Government Association has published its ‘Care Where We Live’ report, which considers the role of local government in a future, reformed system of adult social care. Read our full response, authored by our Interim Chief Executive, Gerard Crofton-Martin, on our website.

Adult social care reform must focus on prevention and early intervention, says SCIE- SCIE

Today, 7 July 2026, the Local Government Association has published its ‘Care Where We Live’ report, which considers the role of local government in a future, reformed system of adult social care.

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Digital Care Hub’s free ‘Co-production in Digital Care: Putting People in Control’ webinar will explore how organisations across adult social care are using co-production to shape digital services, data use, and innovation. 🗓️ Thursday 9 July, 12 PM until 1.30 PM. Register here.

Co-production in Digital Care: Putting People in Control - Digital Care Hub

This webinar will explore how organisations across adult social care are using co-production to shape digital services, data use and innovation alongside the people most affected by them. The discussi...

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As #CoProWeek2026 comes to a close, we’d like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who shared their work, hosted events, or took part in SCIE’s discussions. 1️⃣What has been your key takeaway from Co-production Week? 2️⃣What action will you take forward because of something you learned? 1/2

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Co-production is about working in equal partnership with people who draw on social care, carers, and families. Read how SCIE’s independent review is helping Bath & North East Somerset Council strengthen co-production on our website. #CoProWeek2026

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Co-production Week is a celebration of the power of co-production to design and develop better ways of doing things in social care. SCIE’s sessions this week have been exploring how co-production can help achieve better equity in care. 1/3

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Co-production Week brings together people who draw on care and support, carers, practitioners, and organisations to share learning, inspire good practice, and spark important conversations about the future of social care. 1/3

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Today, we are delighted to welcome our new Chair, Baroness Glenys Thornton. Glenys brings extensive experience of leadership across social care, health, public service and civil society.

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Patrick Wood, Chair of SCIE’s Co-production Steering Group, and Gerard Crofton-Martin, SCIE’s Interim Chief Executive, explore where Co-production Week came from and why it’s so important in this blog for #CoProWeek2026.

A brief history of Co-production Week - SCIE

SCIE’s first ever National Co-production Week took place in 2016, providing an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of co-production, share good practice and highlight the contribution of people who ...

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Thank you to everyone who attended our ‘Who’s Missing? Inclusive co-production in practice’ session today. Featuring real examples from Nottinghamshire County Council and North Northamptonshire Council, it explored how to co-produce with communities whose voices are too often unheard. 1/3

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Our first #CoProWeek2026 workshop, ‘Co-production: The key to achieving care equity’, explored SCIE’s Care Equity Evidence Hub and outlined the early findings from our new ‘Understanding People’s Experiences of Inequities in Social Care’ research with Thinks Insight & Strategy. 1/2

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As part of our care equity work, SCIE commissioned Thinks Insight & Strategy to carry out qualitative research with people drawing on care and support and unpaid carers. This preview shares early messages from the research ahead of its publication in the coming weeks. #CoProWeek2026

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Welcome to Co-production Week 2026💙 Co-production is about working in genuine partnership with people receiving social care, carers, and families, so they can influence how services are designed, commissioned, and delivered. SCIE's #CoProWeek2026 is a celebration of its benefits—and its impact.

Co-production Week 29 June - 3 July 2026 - SCIE

A week-long celebration of the power of co-production, to design and develop better, and more equitable, ways of doing things in social care.

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