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.
Read more about Left on the Back-Burner: Adult Social Care and the 2025 Spending ReviewAuthor: Catherine Needham
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 research summary report of ‘The Transitions that Matter’ project, by Hayrunisa Pelge and Catherine Needham.
Read more about Summary Report: The Transitions that Matter ProjectAs part of our ‘Transitions that Matter’ commentary series, Catherine Needham and members of the Centre for Care Voice Forum and the University of Birmingham Lived Experience Panel explore why so few people continue to transition to direct payments.
Read more about Why is the take-up of direct payments so low?Read about our new visual representation of a care ecosystem, drawn by artist Laura Brodrick.
Read more about A flourishing social care ecosystemPodcast- Social Care in the UK’s Four Nations with Catherine Needham and Patrick Hall
A new episode of the Care Matters podcast with special guests Professor Catherine Needham and Patrick Hall from the University of Birmingham.
Read more about Podcast- Social Care in the UK’s Four Nations with Catherine Needham and Patrick HallEmily Burn and Catherine Needham explore what it means to describe social care as an ecosystem.
Read more about What does it mean to describe social care as an ecosystem?Professor Catherine Needham and Dr Chloe Alexander introduce a new commentary series, ‘The Transitions that Matter’, which features commentaries written by members of the University of Birmingham’s Lived Experience Panel.
Read more about The Transitions that Matter: commentary series launch