Care Workforce Change
In a new report released today, the Centre for Care explores Social Care Co-operatives in the UK. The report authors provide a summary here.
Read more about Social care co-operatives in the UK: what are they and what contribution do they make to social care? Insights from a Centre for Care study
Between 2022 and 2025 we examined national policy contexts across the four UK nations and explored how care stakeholders engage with technology.
Read more about Digital Care and Innovation theme recap 2022-2025
Research showcase event: Agendas, challenges, and opportunities for the adult social care workforce
Join us on 13th May for a research showcase on adult social care workforce in the UK.
Read more about Research showcase event: Agendas, challenges, and opportunities for the adult social care workforce Fragility across the care system: Baroness Casey speaks at Nuffield Trust summit.
We explore the issues raised during Baroness Casey’s speech at the Nuffield Trust summit on 5th March 2026.
Read more about Fragility across the care system: Baroness Casey speaks at Nuffield Trust summit.Recording now available! We welcomed Professor Shereen Hussein and Dr. Erika Kispeter from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to present for us on 24th March 2026.
Read more about Seminar: From National Policy to Local Practice: Drivers, Tensions and Future Scenarios for UK Adult Social Care Workforce ChangeTowards a better future for care: Centre for Care Impact report (November 2021-April 2025)
We are very pleased to launch our new impact report today, ‘Towards a better future for care’.
Read more about Towards a better future for care: Centre for Care Impact report (November 2021-April 2025)Ella Monkcom writes about connecting with experienced researchers on a recent trip to Australia, providing her with conceptual and empirical insights which will impact her thesis.
Read more about Care, migration and social research in a new context: How my academic visit to Australia is shaping my thesisCare home undercover – What does the BBC expose tell us about the state of care?
The Centre for Care reflects on the recent BBC expose into abuses at a Scottish care home, looking at pressures and cultural attitudes in the adult social sector contributing to disparities in the quality of care provided and unstable conditions of employment for care home staff across the UK.
Read more about Care home undercover – What does the BBC expose tell us about the state of care?European Carers Day 2025: Exploring policy barriers faced by migrant careworkers coming to the UK
Millie Hind speaks with Patricia Chinyoka, founder of Women of Zimbabwe about the challenges faced by migrant careworkers trying to bring with their children to the UK
Read more about European Carers Day 2025: Exploring policy barriers faced by migrant careworkers coming to the UKCentre 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?EVENT RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE! On 18th September 2025 we launched our research briefing – ‘Successfully engaging paid care workers in organising: Challenges, opportunities, and what works’.
Read more about Launch event: Successfully engaging paid care workers in organising: Challenges, opportunities, and what worksLaura Sbaffi provides a summary of the discussion among participants of the Eurocarers Policy Working Group regarding the concerns of unpaid carers about long-term care systems relying on migrant care workers.
Read more about Mapping informal carers’ (unpaid carers’) concerns regarding long-term care systems relying on migrant care workers