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Engage: If not now, when? The long overdue promise of social care reform

By Anita Charlesworth, Charles Tallack & Hugh Alderwick, The Health Foundation11th May 202111th May 2021Engage

In his first speech as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson promised to ‘fix the crisis in social care once and for all, with a clear plan that we have prepared’. But

Engage: What this hundred-year-old sex trafficking case tells us about modern exploitation and justice

By Julia Laite, Birkbeck University of London6th May 2021Engage

In January 1910, a 16-year-old girl named Lydia Harvey boarded a steamship in Wellington, New Zealand, bound for Buenos Aires. She had been recruited by a pimp to work in

Engage: Defining leadership and culture in a complex social care environment

By Rob Finney, Tristone Healthcare21st April 202121st April 2021Engage

If you search for the word ‘leadership’, Google will predictably throw up a plethora of articles, how tos, and motivational quotes about how to inspire your workforce. While the vast

Engage: What makes a job meaningful and why that matters

By Andrew Bryce, University of Sheffield19th April 2021Engage

One of the most iconic memories of the first lockdown of the pandemic is the sound of applause echoing across our cities and towns each week as the people of

Engage: How pandemic responses neglected disabled people’s rights

By Vera Kubenz, Research Fellow, University of Birmingham19th April 2021Engage

The pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on disabled people, who make up six out of ten COVID-19 related deaths in the UK, according to the Office of National Statistics.

Engage: Care homes – why investment firms can be bad owners

By Christine Corlet Walker12th April 202112th April 2021Engage

The ailing social care system in England is due to be reformed as part of plans being announced in the Queen’s Speech in May. The most prominent issue is long-term

Engage: Post-COVID recovery plans must centre around care work – here’s why

By Valerie Bryson, Emerita Professor of Politics, University of Huddersfield12th April 2021Engage

The pandemic has highlighted just how vital care workers are to society. But the people who work in this sector have been neglected for too long. It is time politicians

Engage: Care Homes – Evidence emerging of inappropriate use of ‘do not attempt CPR’ orders

By Margot Kuylen and Wayne Martin29th March 2021Engage

Imagine that death is just around the corner. How will you spend your final moments? Quietly with loved ones? With a priest giving last rites? Perhaps listening to your favourite

Engage: COVID-19 – why are people with learning disabilities at greater risk?

By Jo Finch and Janet Hoskin, University of East London23rd March 2021Engage

When it comes to people with learning disabilities and COVID-19, the statistics are damning. In the UK, people with learning disabilities are at least four times more likely to die

Engage: Safe people, safe places – Working with care experienced children at risk of exploitation

By Emma Lewis18th March 202118th March 2021Engage

Emma Lewis is a member of the Victims and Survivors Consultative Panel for the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. In this blog she talks about her work with the

Category: Engage

Engage: What this hundred-year-old sex trafficking case tells us about modern exploitation and justice

Engage: Care Homes – Evidence emerging of inappropriate use of ‘do not attempt CPR’ orders

Engage: COVID-19 – why are people with learning disabilities at greater risk?

Engage: Safe people, safe places – Working with care experienced children at risk of exploitation

‘Government not gangs’ should decide who enters UK as 19,000 migrants removed

Nottingham triple killer care report a ‘horror show’, victim’s mother says

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Category: Engage

Engage: If not now, when? The long overdue promise of social care reform

Engage: What this hundred-year-old sex trafficking case tells us about modern exploitation and justice

Engage: Defining leadership and culture in a complex social care environment

Engage: What makes a job meaningful and why that matters

Engage: How pandemic responses neglected disabled people’s rights

Engage: Care homes – why investment firms can be bad owners

Engage: Post-COVID recovery plans must centre around care work – here’s why

Engage: Care Homes – Evidence emerging of inappropriate use of ‘do not attempt CPR’ orders

Engage: COVID-19 – why are people with learning disabilities at greater risk?

Engage: Safe people, safe places – Working with care experienced children at risk of exploitation