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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · Mar 26

New tool, co-developed by IoPPN researcher Dr Antonina Semkina, supports implementation research in social care, in collaborations with the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London

#MedSky

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New tool supports implementation research in social care

Social care and implementation researchers at ARC South London have produced a new guide to designing and conducting implementation research within social care.

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · Jun 6

This is the article:

Why and how academic medicine must champion diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility

US President Donald Trump has launched a series of Executive Actions1 to dismantle diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility efforts; defund scientific research; and freeze federal funds and pro...

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Carl Purcell @carlpurcell.bsky.social · May 22

Our reflections on several decades of regulatory reform that have aimed to address failings in the provision of care for children and young people and develop the children's residential care workforce @hscwru.bsky.social
www.celcis.org/application/...

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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · Apr 30

A systematic narrative review of the research evidence of the impact of intersectionality on service engagement and help-seeking across different groups of women, trans women, and non-binary individuals experiencing homelessness and housing exclusion
By Carolin Hess et al
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A systematic narrative review of the research evidence of the impact of intersectionality on service engagement and help-seeking across different groups of women, trans women, and non-binary individua...

Background Women with experience of homelessness face severe health inequalities, with their average age at death being nearly half that of the general population. Recent research emphasises the compo...

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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · May 16

📢 NEW ARTICLE
Recognizing the contribution of older people's day centres to prevention agendas
by Kritika Samsi & @katitao.bsky.social - under the @arc-southlondon.bsky.social social care theme at the Unit #OpenAccess
News & blog introducing the article 👇
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Recognizing the contribution of older people's day centres to prevention agendas

New article by Kritika Samsi and Katharine Orellana

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NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London @arc-southlondon.bsky.social · Feb 27

🎉ARC South London's social care theme are marking the end of a successful five year programme (October 2019 to September 2024).

View the highlights 👇

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text on a light pink background reads "Social Care Theme: Oct 2019 – Sep 2024, End of programme highlights and overview summary of work

‘Adult social care covers social work, personal care and practical
support for adults with a physical disability, a learning disability,
or physical or mental illness, as well as support for their carers.’
National Audit Office, 2018. Adult social care at a glance)"

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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · Feb 11

Now up on the MHCLG website:
Strengthening adult safeguarding response to homelessness and self-neglect, with Jess Harris, part of the Nov 2024 webinar - www.gov.uk/guidance/wor...

Working across housing, social care and safeguarding to tackle long-term rough sleeping: webinar

Webinar to share research and best practice with colleagues across the homelessness and safeguarding adults sectors, to support effective multi-disciplinary working to help resolve rough sleeping for ...

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Dr Katharine Orellana @katitao.bsky.social · Feb 5

Are you preparing to #commission local #olderpeople’s #daycentre provision? How much do you know about these services? Read about the research #evidence on the Day Centre Resources Hub arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/day-centre-r... @arc-sl @hscwru

Day Centre Resources Hub

These resources are for day centres and organisations who may work with them. They aim to support day centre sustainability by improving knowledge about them, supporting their operation and encouragin...

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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · Nov 6

Evaluation of Community Led Support receives European Social Services Award
Unit researcher Chloe Waterman was co-investigator
#ESSN2024
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/evaluat...

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