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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 8d

Our #socialcare expert @natashacurry.bsky.social has responded to today's news about the £500m funding for care worker pay. 💷

Read the full statement here: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/nu...

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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 13d

🆕 As we launch our new report on NHS continuing health care, read this Q&A with Sharon Allen, CEO of @arthurrankhospice.bsky.social

Sharon has personal and professional experience of CHC, which she calls an extremely adversarial system.

Read the article 👇
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NHS continuing health care: a Q&A with Sharon Allen

As we today publish our new research on NHS continuing health care (CHC), in this Q&A we speak to Sharon Allen OBE, who is the Chief Executive of the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity. Sharon has experience...

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Camille Oung @camille-oung.bsky.social · Jul 30

Bit more of a personal blog today - some reflections on being awarded an @nihrsscr.bsky.social Career Development Award and how it has helped me ground my social care research around local people and practice, and build great networks along the way:
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BLOG: Reflections on my Career Development Award - NIHR SSCR

Developing expertise and building networks Camille Oung, Nuffield Trust, (SSCR Career Development Award Alumni) My (right) visit to Nightingale Hammerson care home to shadow staff with my colleague Cy...

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Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (LSE) @cpeclse.bsky.social · Jul 3

Building on the newly released report 'Building resilience in adult social care: Learning the lessons from other countries’ experiences of Covid-19', Natasha Curry from @nuffieldtrust.org.uk has written this insightful blog: nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/lo...
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Looking back to move forward: what can other countries’ Covid experiences tell us about building a resilient care system?

As the Hallett Inquiry turns its focus to social care this week, this blog draws on a set of international case studies being published by Nuffield Trust and LSE's Care Policy and Evaluation Centre wh...

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Natasha Curry @natashacurry.bsky.social · Jun 30

📰As the Covid-19 Inquiry's public hearings into social care begin, there is much to be learnt from other countries and how their care systems coped during the pandemic. My blog shares some of the insights from research by @nuffieldtrust.org.uk & @cpeclse.bsky.social published today 👇

Looking back to move forward: what can other countries’ Covid experiences tell us about building a resilient care system?

As the Hallett Inquiry turns its focus to social care this week, this blog draws on a set of interational case beinng published by Nuffield Trust and LSE's Care Policy and Evaluation Centre which expl...

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Camille Oung @camille-oung.bsky.social · Jun 30

🤝 Read our Dutch case study if you are interested in the role of client councils as a mechanism to elevate the voice of people who draw on care in decision-making www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/sites/defaul...

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Camille Oung @camille-oung.bsky.social · Jun 30

🏗️ Read our Danish case study if you would like to learn how regulatory measures can shape the provision of care to promote both people's wellbeing and resilience in times of crisis: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/sites/defaul...

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Camille Oung @camille-oung.bsky.social · Jun 30

📋Read our Japan case study if you are interested in learning about a country with a strong history of emergency planning that has enabled resilience to a variety of crises: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/sites/defaul...

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Camille Oung @camille-oung.bsky.social · Jun 30

💼Read our France case study if you are interested in approaches to increasing pay for social care staff and the potential implications and what can support or hinder successful implementation: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/sites/defaul...

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Camille Oung @camille-oung.bsky.social · Jun 30

As the #CovidInquiry module on social care begins today, we publish our our learning from France, Japan, Denmark and the Netherlands on what features can support a resilient care system for those who draw on it and those who work in it - in times of crisis and beyond ⬇️

Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · Jun 30

🆕 As the #CovidInquiry turns its focus to #socialcare, and with the sector in desperate need of reform, Nuffield Trust & @cpeclse.bsky.social have published international case studies on how other countries managed the social care challenges of the pandemic.

Building resilience in adult social care: Learning the lessons from other countries’ experiences of Covid-19

As the ongoing Covid Inquiry turns its focus to the social care sector, and with social care in desperate need of long-promised reform, Nuffield Trust and LSE's Care Policy and Evaluation Centre are…

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Camille Oung @camille-oung.bsky.social · Jun 25

A very interesting - and concerning - new scrolling story from my colleagues Malina Bodea and @daviesmiranda1.bsky.social on the factors which affect women's health ⬇️

Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · Jun 25

🆕 The latest analysis from #QualityWatch, a Nuffield Trust and @healthfoundation.bsky.social programme, explores a range of factors affecting working-age women’s health.

Scroll through the story here 👇 #healthinequalities

Silence, sexism and stigma: The state of working-age women’s health in England

Women spend more years of their life living in poor health than men, including through their working years. This QualityWatch data story shows how the burden of disease affects working-age women and m...

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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · Jun 25

Since 2011, working-age women have fared worse than men on many diseases.

Poor health also contributes to economic inactivity and addressing this is a government priority. But greater focus is needed on women who spend more of their working years living in ill health.

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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · Jun 12

📢 Calling all ICS strategic staff at #NHSConfedExpo working on community-based care, inequalities, or support for older people 🏘️

Take part in our survey for the CQC and inform this year's State of Care report 📋

Survey link 👇

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Deadline 25 June

The Nuffield Trust is running a survey of ICSs and local partnerships for CQC

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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · Jun 4

Are you working at an ICS in a strategic role focused on community-based care, inequalities, or support for older people?

Take part in the survey we are carrying out on behalf of the CQC and help inform this year's State of Care report.

Deadline 25 June.

Access our 10-15 minute survey, here 👇

Please fill out this form

For CQC's 2025 State of Care report, an annual assessment of health care and social care in England

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Nina Hemmings @ninahemmings.bsky.social · May 12

Déjà vu for social care? Reflections on today’s Immigration White Paper (a thread) 🧵

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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · May 12

NEW: Ending care worker recruitment from abroad is hugely risky for a #socialcare sector facing a vacancies void, and reforms to make care jobs more attractive for UK workers won’t kick in for years.

Read the response from our social care expert @natashacurry.bsky.social here: buff.ly/3mLe7p9

Nuffield Trust response to the government's immigration white paper

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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · May 5

NEW: @commonshealth.bsky.social has published its report on the cost of inaction on #socialcare. It shows inaction on reform is not sustainable and has severe consequences.

Our social care expert @natashacurry.bsky.social has responded. Read her thoughts here: buff.ly/tqVnbZC

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Ben Goodair @bengoodair.bsky.social · May 6

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...

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Camille Oung @camille-oung.bsky.social · May 2

Phase 2 (long-term recommendations) of the commission is only mentioned briefly. This gives Baroness Casey more freedom to set the direction it will take as evidence is gathered by the team. Given the urgent need for reform, we hope to see firm plans, not just options for consideration, by 2028.

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Camille Oung @camille-oung.bsky.social · May 2

The commission will sit under the Cabinet Office, which should support its independence – acknowledging also the role of govt departments beyond DHSC: the Treasury, MHCLG & DWP. Strong & decisive leadership will be key to develop a coherent implementation plan recognising these interdependencies.

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Camille Oung @camille-oung.bsky.social · May 2

There are risks that financial pressures in the sector will escalate as the commission begins work. It’s too early to understand the impact of the new Employer National Insurance regime, but it could have potentially devastating implications for providers www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/wi...

Will the Autumn Budget push the social care sector beyond breaking point?

While the recent budget brought better news for hard-pressed public services, social care was not so lucky. With many organisations fearing that changes to the Employer National Insurance Contribution...

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Camille Oung @camille-oung.bsky.social · May 2

It’s good to see the TORs include the interactions between the Fair Pay Agreement & Employment Rights Bill. We also note the mention of the interface between health &social care – watch out for our work on CHC highlighting the existing and oft ignored challenges that urgently need to be addressed

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Camille Oung @camille-oung.bsky.social · May 2

But there are risks that the narrow ‘focus to support the health mission’ - esp on elective care waiting lists & delayed discharges - means social care once more being lost to NHS priorities. It will be difficult to see results when social care is only one part of the puzzle: shorturl.at/oQSdR

Delayed discharges from hospital

We look at the number of patients experiencing delayed discharges from acute hospitals, their reasons for delay and where bottlenecks are most apparent.

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Camille Oung @camille-oung.bsky.social · May 2

It’s good to see the TORs allude to giving more power to people and their carers. While a positive broad intention, we hope that the commission also doesn’t lose sight of what adult social care is meant to achieve: supporting people and their carers to live independent and fulfilling lives.

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Camille Oung @camille-oung.bsky.social · May 2

...The financial envelope will need to offer enough scope to truly enable change, not just redirect existing financial flows.

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