Routes out of the care crisis: exploring care system innovations in comparative perspective
Emily Burn reflects on a symposium looking at reforms of care systems at the Transforming Care conference, held in Helsinki, Finland in June 2025.
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Grace Whitfield, Kate Hamblin and James Wright discuss AI in Care, exploring ethics, equity and ecology.
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“Fit for the Future” Our response to the UK Government’s 10 year plan for the NHS
In collaboration with the Social Care Institute for Excellence, our analysis of the UK Government’s 10 year plan for the NHS.
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Pathways to Work or Pathways to Poverty? The Risks of Welfare Reform for Disabled People and Carers
Centre for Care Researchers Lucy Wood and Becky Driscoll analyse the recent policy discussions around welfare reform in the UK, exploring at the Universal Credit Bill and the Pathways to Work Green Paper published in March 2025.
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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 CareLeft 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 ReviewCharlie Grosset explores the recent UK welfare reforms focusing on the emotional, social and financial impact on disabled people.
Read more about Overview of welfare reformsDeveloping 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 carerDr 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.
Read more about Care, Social Care and Sociology – a short filmSeminar: Understanding suicide and homicide risk in unpaid carers, Dr Siobhan O’Dwyer
We virtually welcomed Dr Siobhan O’Dwyer from the University of Birmingham, to present Understanding suicide and homicide risk in unpaid carers. A recording of the presentation is now available to watch.
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