Mental health is far more than just the absence of illness. It is a dynamic state of wellbeing where individuals can navigate everyday stresses, work productively, and contribute meaningfully to their communities. In Essex, the latest Adult Emotional and Mental Wellbeing needs assessment (2025) outlines why prioritizing our collective mental health is essential for a thriving society. Note: This folder contains two...
The Prevention and Enablement Model is a whole system approach to improving the lives of people living with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions. Its overarching theme is to encourage and support people to be more active, independent and well. This test and learn is being delivered via a system of unique partnerships across the county’s Health and Adult Social Care sector.
Lived Experience of service users and those requiring support during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Each year, Essex County Council sets a research topic to some of the best social science undergraduates at the University of Essex. The Challenge Project acts as an alternative to their individual undergraduate dissertation module in their final year. As a group, the students work together to provide the council with evidence which is academically accredited and cutting edge. The report...
This publication contains data taken from the Adult Social Care Finance Return (ASC-FR) and Short and Long Term (SALT) collection to provide information regarding adult social care activity and finance on local authorities in England for 2017-18. This is the fourth year of the SALT and ASC-FR collections, and the second year in which the adult social care activity...
NHS Digital has released updated datasets for Adult Social Care. The link below will take users to their summary page where these datasets may be accessed. From NHS Digital: "Welcome to the Winter 2020 Adult Social Care Statistics update. This is primarily targeted at our Local Authority colleagues, however there may be sections that are of interest to other parties." "We have recently published the...