Becky Driscoll and Kate Hamblin comment on the report from the Independent Review of Carer’s Allowance Overpayments inquiry and the Government’s response.
Read more about The Independent Review of Carer’s Allowance Overpayments: A Welcome Step Towards Wider Reform of Welfare Benefits for CarersAuthor: Kate Hamblin
Between 2022 and 2025 we examined national policy contexts across the four UK nations and explored how care stakeholders engage with technology. Here, Professor Kate Hamblin and Dr. PJ Annand provide an update on the theme’s activities.
Read more about Digital Care and Innovation theme recap 2022-2025Between crisis and reform: Centre for Care reflections on this year’s political party conferences
We reflect on attending political party conferences this summer and share our assessment of political priorities around care.
Read more about Between crisis and reform: Centre for Care reflections on this year’s political party conferencesCentre for Care researchers have been looking at what digital skills are already present across different levels of the care workforce, and what skills might need to be developed.
Read more about Investing in digital care skills: whose skills and why?Kate Hamblin introduces our new Advisory Board Chair, Dr Rebekah Luff.
Read more about Announcing our new Advisory Board ChairGrace Whitfield, Kate Hamblin and James Wright discuss AI in Care, exploring ethics, equity and ecology.
Read more about AI in care: Augmentation or depletion?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 ReviewCentre 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 InactionRead this new report looking at the future of social care research.
Read more about ESRC Social Care Future Directions Workshop ReportCentre Director Kate Hamblin provides a round up of our Summer School activities.
Read more about Summer School 2024Messages from our new Centre Director, Professor Kate Hamblin, and previous Director, Professor Sue Yeandle.
Read more about New Centre DirectorNavigating Transnational Aged Care: The Role of WhatsApp in Zimbabwean Migrant Families
Event recording now available.
This presentation by Dr Obert Tawodzera sheds light on the pivotal role of WhatsApp family groups in facilitating transnational aged care.