Our approach to developing communities of practice to foster research capacities for the adult social care workforce [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Background Efforts to build and foster adult social care research in England have historically encountered more challenges to its growth and expansion compared with health research, with a sector facing significant barriers in facilitating research activity due to a lack of resourcing, poor valuation or understanding of the profile of social care r