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Ever since the welfare state was established in 1948, Britain’s elected leaders have grappled with how to pay for and deliver social care.
The care industry is tough work - making migrant carers’ lives harder will only worsen a deepening crisis.
Most of the emergency government aid went to covering care homes’ loss of revenue. Care workers, meanwhile, kept the sector afloat through overtime.
The COVID pandemic has left lingering consequences both for people receiving adult social care and support in England, and for the workforce delivering it.
Care workers in England have faced impossible pressures during lockdown. The government needs to ensure better pay and working conditions.
Many changes to services have gone under the radar.
Care workers, care recipients, think tanks and parliament itself agree that social care reform is urgently needed. But this plan’s lack of detail and insufficient funding suggest that it a ways off.
Social care has long been the healthcare system’s poor cousin. Will the UK government’s new plans to reform the system succeed where others have not?
Improving care workers’ wages and working conditions will not only boost vaccination rates – it will tackle staffing shortages in care.
Economic recovery and solving the care crisis can and should go hand in hand.
Forget Alexa – true artificial intelligence will be able to understand dementia patients’ needs and offer help accordingly.
Working as a professional carer is a stressful and high-pressure job. Making sure carers have the right training and support is crucial.
This shift in focus on social care funding could inject some honesty into the system.
An emphasis on the autonomy of people with learning disabilities has put distance between care workers and the people they support.
And why the contribution of people with learning disabilities to the arts must be celebrated.
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The audio version of a long read on stalling life expectancy in the UK.
Tips from a care home expert on what questions to ask when picking a care home for yourself, a friend or relative.
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Professor of Health Care Law, University of Birmingham
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Research Fellow, School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham
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Lecturer in Work and Organisation, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Professor of Business Ethics, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Professor of Health Care Research, University of Hertfordshire
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Professor of Social Science and Public Policy, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Professor of Economic Geography, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Computer Science, Leeds Beckett University
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PhD Researcher in Dementia Care, King's College London
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Emerita Professor of Politics, University of Huddersfield
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