Useful links
Alongside the Catalogue, you’ll find links to other websites that can help you explore social care measures and related research in more depth:
Get Adult Social Care Data (GASCD): a new DHSC service (rolling out) giving CQC‑registered providers quick insight into local demand, bed occupancy, and need to support planning and growth; early access is open to nominated individuals. Early‑access announcement & sign‑up details.
ESSENCE: a free online compendium of economic evidence on adult and children’s social care interventions for decision‑makers, researchers and anyone interested in the economics of social care.
CLOSER Discovery: search, browse and explore questionnaire and dataset metadata (variables, questions, instruments) from some of the UK’s largest longitudinal population studies.
Access Social Care Data Portal: a live data platform from Access Social Care that brings together multiple data sources on social care in England and uses AI to explain trends as part of their system‑change work.
Catalogue of Mental Health Measures: an interactive catalogue of thousands of mental health and wellbeing measures used in 60+ UK cohort/longitudinal studies, covering instruments, topics, and where to access the data