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Peer support for adult social care in prisons in England and Wales: a mixed-methods rapid evaluation

Holly Walton, Efthalia Massou, Chris Sherlaw-Johnson, Donna Gipson, Lucy Wainwright, Paula Harriott, Pei Li Ng, Stephen Riley, Stephen Morris, Naomi J Fulop · 14 sections in 14 chapters. Each section is its own page.

Context

• Context

Research methods

• Research methods

Peer support services in adult prisons: a rapid systematic scoping review

• Peer support services in adult prisons: a rapid systematic scoping review

Documentary analysis of social care provision in adult prisons in England and Wales

• Documentary analysis of social care provision in adult prisons in England and Wales

The implementation of peer support schemes for social care in adult prisons in England and Wales

• The implementation of peer support schemes for social care in adult prisons in England and Wales

Experiences of delivering and receiving peer-supported social care in adult prisons in England and Wales

• Experiences of delivering and receiving peer-supported social care in adult prisons in England and Wales

Benefits and risks of peer-supported social care in prisons in England and Wales

• Benefits and risks of peer-supported social care in prisons in England and Wales

Measuring the effectiveness of peer support schemes in adult prisons in England and Wales

• Measuring the effectiveness of peer support schemes in adult prisons in England and Wales

Measuring cost of peer support schemes in adult prisons in England and Wales

• Measuring cost of peer support schemes in adult prisons in England and Wales

Towards effective monitoring and evaluation of peer-supported social care

• Towards effective monitoring and evaluation of peer-supported social care

Discussion and conclusions

• Discussion and conclusions

References

• References

Additional information

• Additional information

List of supplementary material

• List of supplementary material

Attribution. Holly Walton; Efthalia Massou; Chris Sherlaw-Johnson; Donna Gipson; Lucy Wainwright; Paula Harriott et al. (2025). Peer support for adult social care in prisons in England and Wales: a mixed-methods rapid evaluation. National Institute for Health and Care Research. Copyright © 2025 Walton et al. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. NCBI Bookshelf NBK611758. CC BY 4.0. Original source ↗. Text reproduced from the Bookshelf XML without changing wording; figures, images and supplements are not reproduced.