Professor of Public Policy & Management, Birmingham Uni. Into social care, gardening and crosswords. Tweets in personal capacity
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'Future of care for older people & the adult care system is one of greatest unresolved public policy issues of our time' @CareQualityComm
#StateofCare finds most people still getting good care – but the health and care system is straining at the seams cqc.org.uk/news/stories/most…
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As part of our @beacouncillor work we are hoping to talk to some employers who have cllrs that work for them. It doesn’t matter which profession & the conversation will be non-attributable in our research.
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new commentary!
Erika Kispeter reviews policy developments in #socialcare, focusing on the workforce, to better understand why sector stakeholders are urging the new UK government to take urgent action and prioritise care:
centreforcare.ac.uk/commenta…
ALT text: Waiting for government action: What next for the social care workforce? by Erika Kispeter. Logos for Centre for Care, ESRC and NIHR
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Today we launch our latest report, "Equipping local government to deliver national and local priorities".
We cover finance, performance and audit, and community power and participation to deliver effective, accountable and engaged local government.
inlogov.com/wp-content/uploa…
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Great to see this in the wild @DrCNeedham @mangancatherine @Jasonfrombrum (can’t find Dave on Twitter, it’s not shade!)
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⭐ The first cross-national study of adolescent young carers aged 15–17 in six European countries
#AdolescentYoungCarers #MentalHealth #Europe
Read this #OneToWatch article now #OpenAccess!
doi.org/10.1332/239788222X16…
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Calling all those wanting some support to bring about evidence-informed change in adult social care (anywhere in the UK).
See below for details of how to apply to host a future project with @ImpAdultCare.
(Evidence = research & lived experience & practice knowledge)
Today we have launched the application process for 2025-26 host organisations across Demonstrators, Facilitators and Networks
See the longlist of topics and find out how to apply here: impact.bham.ac.uk/contact-us…
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Great new article on choice and control as disabled people negotiate gender and sexuality identity
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At the parliamentary debate yesterday on 'Potential merits of a cross-Government strategy on #unpaidcarers', @wendychambLD discussed many issues which Centre for Care team members have produced research on and continue to study, often collaborating with @CarersUK (a thread) 1/8
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Centre for Care colleagues @duncdos & @DanSWilliamson recently produced a film for the @britsoci for A-level students, aiming to raise awareness of, and give context to, #socialcare and care work in relation to #sociology.
Watch here on YouTube: youtu.be/MLGsuuBNmWk
ALT Duncan Fisher presenting the film with text: Care, social care, and sociology: thinking about work, family, and social inequalities A film by the Centre for Care for the British Sociological Association
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📣Just out in @BMJPublicHealth:
Have outsourcing enabled the survival of good care homes in England?
📈For-profit provision has increased despite
performing worse than non-profit homes
🚨Third and public sector homes have closed irrespective of quality
doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-0…
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We are recruiting!
Two Facilitators, one Demonstrator, and Local Network Coordinators
Check out our vacancies page buff.ly/3LVEIkP
#IMPACTFacilitators #IMPACTDemonstrator
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I saw this in Birmingham and it was brilliant - based on the work done by @JonGlasby @robinmiller and others around barriers to people with learning disabilities/autistic people leaving long-stay hospitals
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“How can we have a fairer solution for young carers?”
In the latest episode of the We Society podcast, @profsaulbecker (@ManMetUni) joins @williamnhutton to discuss his 30 years of research into the hidden world of young carers.
Listen now👂➡️ podfollow.com/the-we-society…
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‘The government is left with no plan…. We could easily be back again on the not-so-merry-go-round that is adult #socialcare policy’. New blog on why getting to grips with means testing is the key to long-term social care reform. kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and…
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A splendid cri de cœur by @MelanieHenwood highly recommend
"Instead of allowing social care to become a major casualty of flawed fiscal planning, this is the time for courageous and visionary change." @MelanieHenwood on Labour's opportunity to make seismic changes in how social care is framed and funded. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp…
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"Current and incoming decision makers in the UK and globally need to act now to improve our systems of care and ensure that women are not systematically forced to choose between their economic independence and the wellbeing of their families and communities..."
@HelenPankhurst
Care is the backbone of our society and all of us will be dependent on it in different forms at some point in our lives. Do our policies reflect this reality - globally? bmj.com/content/386/bmj.q166… @careintuk @CherieBlairFndn @bmj_latest
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What can we learn from the failure of successive governments to sort out #socialcare? What are the lessons from other countries? What needs to be different this time? Still as timely & topical 21 months on. But I would say that wouldn’t I? policy.bristoluniversitypres…
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Delighted that my interview with Will Hutton, for the Academy of Social Sciences, on children who are unpaid family carers, is available as the latest podcast in the excellent ‘The We Society’ series.
Nearly 1 million children in the UK find themselves having to look after sick or elderly family members. In the latest ep. of the We Society podcast 🎙️@profsaulbecker joins @williamnhutton to discuss his research into the hidden world of young carers.
👂➡️podfollow.com/the-we-society…
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Excited to be getting started on this!
Very excited and grateful to continue our work with the @NuffieldFound. With an amazing team (@BenGoodair, @OleHelby, @DrCNeedham, @EleanorCarter), we will spend the next 2.5 years evaluating the impact of outsourcing care provision in England nuffieldfoundation.org/proje…
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This ⬇️⬇️ - it’s really concerning to see the difference of approach to funding social care workforce and healthcare staff - Significant blow to social care sector as workforce training fund cancelled | Nuffield Trust nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-it…
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