Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC)

The Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC) is an international research centre based at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) working mainly in the areas of long-term care (social care), mental health, developmental disabilities and other health issues. Since 2009, we have been awarded over 130 new research grants, of over £67 million, and have been involved in a number of key policy and practice developments. We have been a research group at LSE since 1996; growing out of the original PSSRU established at the University of Kent in 1974. Until June 2019 we were known as the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) at LSE. Our researchers come from all parts of the world and employ a range of methodologies in a variety of disciplines. Our aims are: - To conduct long-term research to help shape the developments of social and health care systems, in the UK and internationally, while also responding to more immediate research needs; - To develop and employ rigorous research methods from a multidisciplinary base; - To examine the performance and functioning of social and health care finance, organisation and delivery, with a particular emphasis on promoting efficiency and equity; - To conduct research that meets the best standards of research governance; - To work towards greater user involvement in research; - To ensure knowledge exchange activities feature as a priority in all activities, and that research findings are shared with a wide range of audiences through a variety of media; - To sustain a vibrant research environment.