.Wes Streeting - beyond perversely announcing even greater use of the private sector, very little government policy has emerged to solve the long-standing failures in residential care provision. theguardian.com/society/2024/o…

Outsourcing adult social care services in England to the private sector since the 1980s has led to worse care and should be rolled back, argue Ben Goodair and colleagues bmj.com/content/387/bm…

How has outsourcing contributed to the care crisis? Less than 3% of care homes are publicly run. In The BMJ, we argue that the (almost) complete outsourcing of care has worsened quality and accessibility - and will continue to do so without reform. doi.org/10.1136/bmj-20…

Now freely open access in The BMJ: 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 quality and reduce inequalities". Read more: bmj.com/content/387/bm…

🔺Investigation We have exposed serious neglect of disabled people at multiple homes run by UK’s largest provider of complex care, Lifeways Footage and evidence we’ve obtained reveal disbursing, dangerous treatment of residents with learning disabilities itv.com/news/2025-03-0…

Funded PhD available to work with Matthew Wallace and team answering: "are international migrants living longer lives in worse health than non-migrants in the U.K. are?"