We virtually welcome Professor Catherine Needham and Dr. Emily Burn to present their research on 16th December 2025.
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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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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.
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As 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.
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Report launch event: What role for local government in Scotland’s National Care Service?
Dr Emily Burn and Professor Catherine Needham have worked with the LGIU to produce a new report entitled ‘What role for local government in Scotland’s National Care Service?’, launching on 1st December with an online event.
Read more about Report launch event: What role for local government in Scotland’s National Care Service?Emily Burn and Catherine Needham explore what it means to describe social care as an ecosystem.
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