New paper, showing inequalities in social care.

"The poorest areas have far fewer outstanding rated care homes, despite those areas having higher care needs."

@lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social @nuffieldfoundation.org @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @ageuk.bsky.social @carers-uk.bsky.social @scie.org.uk

England’s two tier system deepens social care inequalities.

@andersb-m.bsky.social and colleagues examine how increasing reliance on out-of-pocket payments for adult social care has created a quality divide
www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Out today in @bmj.com

What happens in a two-tier system of care where some people pay and others don't?

- Care homes end up providing better care for the richest;

- They open in the richest areas;

- Something people discover when their personal savings run out...

bmj.com/cgi/content/...

New Postdoc job!!! Esp for Danish-speaking researchers. To work with @andersb-m.bsky.social at RUC.

Answering the 🔥 topic: Why is Denmark outsourcing it's care services... when the for-profit sector are worse?

Please share with colleagues!

Due: 1st June

candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

A new study, led by Dr @andersb-m.bsky.social
and Dr @bengoodair.bsky.social from the School, finds that for-profit care homes with more state-funded residents receive worse care.

Read more👇
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

New paper out today reveals scale of inequalities in social care!

💰 Care homes are better rated with more self-funded residents
👔 But inequalities in care only exist in the for-profit sector
📈 Outsourcing to for-profit sector accelerates inequalities of two-tier care

Link: doi.org/10.1093/agei...

Come do a fully-funded PhD with me in Denmark at Roskilde University! You’ll be part of a new exciting project looking at social care privatisation in Denmark with a larger team of researchers at both Roskilde and Oxford University.

Deadline April 27: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

Now freely open access in the @bmj.com: How outsourcing has contributed to England’s social care crisis.

We make the case that to "control, restrict, or remove the profit motive in social care, would improve the quality of provision and reduce inequalities".

Read more: www.bmj.com/content/387/...

The increasing outsourcing of social care provision in England has coincided with a care crisis and worse quality.

Removing the profit motive would help improve quality and reduce inequities, argues Analysis
www.bmj.com/content/387/...

How has outsourcing contributed to the care crisis?

Less than 3% of care homes are publicly run. In @bmj.com , we argue that the (almost) complete outsourcing of care has worsened quality and accessibility - and will continue to do so without intervention.

doi.org/10.1136/bmj-...