Professor Nathan Hughes responds to the UK Government’s 2025 Spending Review in relation to children’s social care.
Read more about Can New Money Shift Old Systems? What the 2025 Spending Review Might Mean for System Change in Children’s Social CareCommentary
Left on the Back-Burner: Adult Social Care and the 2025 Spending Review
The Centre for Care team respond to last week’s 2025 UK government Spending Review.
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In recent research carried out at the University of Sheffield, we explored whether children who had a social worker or were in care experienced worse outcomes in the criminal justice system than other children.
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For National Children’s Day (UK), Becky Driscoll discusses our research in collaboration with Kinship, highlighting the need to provide further support to kinship carers.
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Centre for Care’s response to House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee inquiry.
Read more about Adult Social Care Reform: The Cost of InactionCharlie Grosset explores the recent UK welfare reforms focusing on the emotional, social and financial impact on disabled people.
Read more about Overview of welfare reformsPositive change for paid care workers – what, how, and when?
Duncan Fisher convened two meetings in autumn 2024 with a group of paid care workers to bring together their views on what they want to see change in their work situation.
Read more about Positive change for paid care workers – what, how, and when?Developing a National Care Service: Learning from Scotland’s experience
Emily Burn and Catherine Needham reflect on their previous research with the Local Government Information Unit on Scotland’s proposed National Care Service and outline four areas of key learning for the Government in Westminster.
Read more about Developing a National Care Service: Learning from Scotland’s experienceA powerful insight into the difficult transitions this author has faced, navigating life as a Young Adult carer.
Read more about Navigating Life as a Young Adult carerRead this new study by the Centre for Care team researching inequalities in care.
Read more about Estimating the Cost of Unpaid CareCentre Director Kate Hamblin provides a round up of our Summer School activities.
Read more about Summer School 2024Waiting for government action: What next for the social care workforce?
Three months after the General Election, Erika Kispeter reviews policy developments in social care, focusing on the workforce, to better understand why sector stakeholders are urging the new government to take urgent action and prioritise care.
Read more about Waiting for government action: What next for the social care workforce?Dr Duncan Fisher presents a film for the British Sociological Association, produced for A-level students, aiming to raise awareness of, and give context to, care and care work in relation to sociology.
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