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hscwru.bsky.social
Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit
@hscwru.bsky.social
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HSCWRU, at King's College London, conducts research into the workforce. Follow for news of our findings and upcoming free events. Director: @annetteboaz.bsky.social‬ Visit: www.kcl.ac.uk/hscwru
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · Sep 4
NEW
Community First Responders and the ambulance service
Alec Fraser, Ben Hickman, Britt Regal, Tianne Haggar, & @annetteboaz.bsky.social examine the impact of CFR volunteers in report out today
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Community First Responders and the ambulance service
New report examines the impact of CFR volunteers
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · 5d
New in the #Homelessness series
Homeless applications: barriers to in-person help & impact on hospitals
11 December 2025 10:00 to 11:00
Online. All welcome!
with Jo Underwood of @kcllaw.bsky.social & Hannah Piggott of @policyatkings.bsky.social
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/homel...
Homeless applications: barriers to in-person help & impact on hospitals | King's College London
Jo Underwood; Hannah Piggott
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · 6d
From DHSC-
Open call for evidence: 10 Year Workforce Plan
(Closes 7 November 2025)
consultations.dhsc.gov.uk/10-year-work...
10 Year Workforce Plan: call for evidence - Department of Health and Social Care
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · 6d
Our Community First Responders work, noted here by Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care Karin Smyth MP, is available via:
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/communi...
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · 11d
National Workload Action Group reports published
Mary Baginsky contributed to new reports on social worker workload
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/nationa...
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · 11d
On the blog:
▶️The important role of homecare workers in dementia palliative care and interventions to support them
-by Fatima Mujtabah
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The important role of homecare workers in dementia palliative care and interventions to support them | Health & Social Care Workforce:
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · 12d
Slides from this week's meeting of the #hcrf
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · 16d
Coming up on Wednesday at the Unit 👇
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · Aug 11
Coming up at Home Care Research Forum 24 Sept 2025, 2-4pm #hcrf
Rebekah Luff: Leadership in Home Care Services – What works well? @myhomelifeuk.bsky.social ‬
& Lesley Williamson - PALLDEM-Homecare: Homecare workers providing end-of-life care for people with dementia
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/home-...
Home Care Research Forum September 2025
Leadership in Home Care Services; PALLDEM-Homecare
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · 13d
Slides from today's Social Work History Network meeting on "Social Work Networks: Past, Present and Future" #swhn
from James Blewett Jane Tunstill @joehanley.bsky.social @socwkhistory.bsky.social
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Social Work Networks: Past, Present and Future | King's College London
Joe Hanley; James Blewett; Jane Tunstill; June Thoburn
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · 14d
House of Commons Education Select Committee cites Unit work by Ian Kessler and @annetteboaz.bsky.social
The Committee has published: 'Solving the SEND Crisis'
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House of Commons Education Select Committee cites Unit work | King's College London
The Committee has published: 'Solving the SEND Crisis'
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · 15d
Unit work presented in Utrecht
Jess Harris discussed the Unit's MCA and Homelessness study at the 19th European Research Conference on Homelessness
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Unit work presented in Utrecht | King's College London
Jess Harris and Michelle Cornes were at the European Research Conference on Homelessness
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · 15d
Margaret Butterworth Care Home Forum - 22 October 2025 14:00 to 16:00
All welcome #mbchf
✔️Dementia Training for the Social Care Workforce - Becky Robinson and Megan Anderson, Alzheimer’s Society
✔️Thriving in Residential Care - Bethany Morgan-Brett, University of London
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Margaret Butterworth Care Home Forum October 2025 | King's College London
Dementia Training for the Social Care Workforce. Thriving in Residential Care
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · 15d
New in British Journal of Social Work
Visiting Professor Cheryl Regehr, with Reader in Social Care at the Unit Mary Baginsky and colleagues: Experiences of in-person violence and cyberviolence against child welfare workers in Canada.
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · 16d
Coming up on Thursday 👇
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · 28d
Social Work Networks: Past, Present and Future
#swhn @socwkhistory.bsky.social
Joe Hanley, Jane Tunstill, James Blewett, June Thoburn
25 September 2025 14:00 to 16:00
All welcome!
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/socia...
Social Work Networks: Past, Present and Future | King's College London
Joe Hanley; James Blewett; Jane Tunstill; June Thoburn
www.kcl.ac.uk
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · 16d
Coming up on Wednesday at the Unit 👇
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · Aug 11
Coming up at Home Care Research Forum 24 Sept 2025, 2-4pm #hcrf
Rebekah Luff: Leadership in Home Care Services – What works well? @myhomelifeuk.bsky.social ‬
& Lesley Williamson - PALLDEM-Homecare: Homecare workers providing end-of-life care for people with dementia
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/home-...
Home Care Research Forum September 2025
Leadership in Home Care Services; PALLDEM-Homecare
www.kcl.ac.uk
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · 26d
Two recent Unit studies examined #volunteering with the ambulance service, and in adult social care
The researchers reflect on the parallels and distinctions to be drawn-
@annetteboaz.bsky.social - Alec Fraser - Kalpa Kharicha
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Volunteering in health and adult social care | King's College London
Two recent Unit studies examined volunteering with the ambulance service, and in adult social care
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · 26d
Two recent Unit studies examined #volunteering with the ambulance service, and in adult social care
The researchers reflect on the parallels and distinctions to be drawn-
@annetteboaz.bsky.social - Alec Fraser - Kalpa Kharicha
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/volunte...
Volunteering in health and adult social care | King's College London
Two recent Unit studies examined volunteering with the ambulance service, and in adult social care
www.kcl.ac.uk
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · 27d
New in the Homelessness series
Harm Reduction and Belonging in the Provision of Homelessness Services
12 November 2025 10:00 to 11:00
Online. All welcome.
with @ben-scher.bsky.social
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Harm Reduction and Belonging in the Provision of Homelessness Services | King's College London
Ben Scher
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Ann-Marie Towers @a-mtowers.bsky.social · 28d
@hscwru.bsky.social Director @annetteboaz.bsky.social talking about what Careforce (care workforce) means this afternoon. Great to see a packed out room, despite the tube strikes.
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · 28d
Over 300 at the Homelessness series this morning
💡Pippa Hockton - Therapy of Presence
💡PhD student at the Unit Carolin Hess - women’s journeys through homelessness and violence
Slides & comments from attendees:
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/homel...
Homelessness & multiple disadvantage: responses to address women's trauma | King's College London
Pippa Hockton; Carolin Hess
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · 28d
Social Work Networks: Past, Present and Future
#swhn @socwkhistory.bsky.social
Joe Hanley, Jane Tunstill, James Blewett, June Thoburn
25 September 2025 14:00 to 16:00
All welcome!
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/socia...
Social Work Networks: Past, Present and Future | King's College London
Joe Hanley; James Blewett; Jane Tunstill; June Thoburn
www.kcl.ac.uk
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · Sep 4
NEW
Community First Responders and the ambulance service
Alec Fraser, Ben Hickman, Britt Regal, Tianne Haggar, & @annetteboaz.bsky.social examine the impact of CFR volunteers in report out today
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/communi...
Community First Responders and the ambulance service
New report examines the impact of CFR volunteers
www.kcl.ac.uk
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · Jul 2
Coming up in September at the #Homelessness series:
Homelessness & multiple disadvantage: responses to address women's trauma
with Pippa Hockton of Street Talk
And Carolin Hess - PhD student here at King's
10 September 2025 10:00 to 11:30.
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/homel...
Homelessness & multiple disadvantage: responses to address women's trauma
Pippa Hockton; Carolin Hess
www.kcl.ac.uk
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · Aug 14
A great friend and colleague to many people at this Unit:
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/in-memo...
In Memoriam: Professor Anthea Tinker CBE
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Professor Anthea Tinker
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · Aug 11
Coming up at Home Care Research Forum 24 Sept 2025, 2-4pm #hcrf
Rebekah Luff: Leadership in Home Care Services – What works well? @myhomelifeuk.bsky.social ‬
& Lesley Williamson - PALLDEM-Homecare: Homecare workers providing end-of-life care for people with dementia
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/home-...
Home Care Research Forum September 2025
Leadership in Home Care Services; PALLDEM-Homecare
www.kcl.ac.uk
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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social · Aug 1
On the blog:
From the Health Services Research conference 2025 Antonina Semkina reports on the session on new roles in UK health and social care (a focus on new roles is part of the Unit's core work for DHSC).
#HSRUK25
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At HSR 2025: On new roles in UK health and social care | Health & Social Care Workforce:
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