ACRC Briefing Papers and Policy Briefs

Periodically, the ACRC publishes briefing papers on various subjects relevant to the ACRC. Please find a comprehensive list of these below.

ACRC introductory briefing paper. 2021;1(1): 1-2.

June 2021


ACRC Briefing Paper 1: Bruce Guthrie.

Adult social care is a key element of the health and social care system but care home residents and those receiving care-at-home are poorly represented in routine data.

August 2021


ACRC Briefing Paper 2: Alan Marshall, Chima Eke, Bruce Guthrie, Carys Pugh, Sohan Seth.

This briefing paper presents emerging findings from the Advanced Care Research Centre (ACRC) Data Driven Insight and Prediction work package that examines changes in frailty following the financial crisis. 

September 2021


ACRC Briefing paper 3: Stewart Mercer

This briefing paper presents an overview of the challenges and issues surrounding Multimorbidity.

November 2021


ACRC Briefing Paper 4: Nav Aujla

This briefing paper summarises policy, research, and other evidence to demonstrate the shared need globally to conduct further research into the quality of care in later life in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs).

December 2021


ACRC Briefing Paper 5: Helen Frost

This briefing paper presents an overview of physical activity as an underrated intervention for people in later life.

June 2022


Dr Arlene Casey, Amy Tilbrook, Dr Imane Guellil, Jenny Robertson

This report looks at a recent workshop with public involvement around healthcare data research

May 2023


Policy Brief 1: Stella Arakelyan, Leonard Ho, Atul Anand, Stewart W Mercer, Bruce Guthrie

This brief summarises key findings and policy implications from our recent evidence syntheses, examining the effectiveness of complex interventions which have holistic needs assessment as a core intervention component

December 2023


ACRC/SET4 Briefing paper: Stella Arakelyan, Tim Kerby, Sneha Raman, Joanne Boyle, Daria Ihnatenko, Bruce Guthrie, Tricia Tooman, Louise Hartley, Amy O'Donnell, Ian Underwood, Julie Jacko, Atul Anand

This briefing paper reports on the findings from a stakeholder engagement workshop undertaken in collaboration with the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI).

July 2024