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Publications

Publications by our colleagues

On this page you’ll find publications by the Centre for Care team and our collaborating partners. Keep checking here for new publications or sign up to our regular newsletter to keep up to date with our latest journal articles, papers, policy briefs, research reports and more.

Journal Articles

Scholarly articles by the Centre for Care team.

The Global Demand for Migrant Care Workers: Drivers and Implications on Migrants’ Wellbeing

Hussein, S. The Global Demand for Migrant Care Workers: Drivers and Implications on Migrants’ Wellbeing. Sustainability 2022,14,10612. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/su141710612

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Dealing with drift: Comparing social care reform in the four nations of the UK

Needham, C., & Hall, P. (2022). Dealing with drift: Comparing social care reform in the four nations of the UK. Social Policy & Administration, 1– 17. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12858

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How do you shape a market? Explaining local state practices in adult social care

Needham, C, Allen, K, Burn, E, Hall, K, Mangan, C, Al-Janabi, H, Tahir, W, Carr, S, Glasby, J, Henwood, M & McKay, S (2022), ‘How do you shape a market? Explaining local state practices in adult social care‘, Journal of Social Policy.

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Sustainable Social Care: The Potential of Mainstream “Smart” Technologies

Hamblin, K. Sustainable Social Care: The Potential of Mainstream “Smart” Technologies. Sustainability 2022, 14, 2754. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14052754

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Reports

Cycles of caring: transitions in and out of unpaid care

Our new research, undertaken by Centre for Care colleagues, Maria Petrillo, Matt Bennett and Gwilym Pryce, is released for Carers Rights Day (24th November 2022) and shows the astonishing numbers of people in the UK starting or ending an unpaid caring role each year.

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Responses to calls for evidence

The Centre for Care team regularly submit evidence to a number of wide-ranging government inquiries.

Submission to the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee inquiry on Family Migration

Submission to the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee inquiry on Family Migration

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Submission to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee into UK Labour Supply

This response draws on our recent work in the Sustainable Care programme. In preparing it we drew on previous focus groups with care workers and managers about their experiences of the social care sector. We would like to acknowledge and thank them for their time and insights.

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Submission to the House of Lords Adult Social Care Committee inquiry into ‘Lifting the veil: removing the invisibility of adult social care’

We submitted written evidence from our research as well as the lived expertise of our non-academic partners including Sheffield Carers Centre, Sheffield Young Carers, SADACCA (Sheffield And District African Caribbean Community Association), SACMHA Health & Social Care, and Sheffield Voices.

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Submission to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee inquiry into ‘Post-pandemic economic growth: UK labour markets’

Written submission from the Centre for Care, University of Sheffield (ULM0033)

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Submission to Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (DCMS) inquiry into ‘Connected tech: smart or sinister?’

Written evidence submitted by The Centre for Care, University of Sheffield

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Expert Panel: Evaluation of Government’s commitments in the area of the health and social care workforce in England

Professor Shereen Hussein was one of the workforce specialists who contributed to a separate special report, ‘Expert Panel: Evaluation of Government’s commitments in the area of the health and social care workforce in England’, published in July 2022.

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House of Commons Health & Social Care Committee inquiry into ‘Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care’

Published in July 2022. This report includes evidence submitted by Tom Hunt on behalf of the Centre, drawing on lessons that can be learned from the introduction of mandatory vaccination for care home workers.

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Working Papers

Working Paper 1: Technology in social care: spotlight on the English policy landscape, 2019-2022

This paper explores developments related to digital technologies and social care in England from 2019 to October 2022.

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