📢New @openaccess paper in Social Policy & Admi nistration

What was private provision of the NHS and adult/children’s social care meant to achieve? We reviewed the policy intentions justifying outsourcing for all sectors - and evaluated it against the evidence.

Paper: doi.org/10.1111/spol.1…

What has the impact been of health-care privatisation on the quality of care?

A new Review in The Lancet Public Health concludes that the scientific support for further privatisation of health-care services is weak.

Find out more ➡️ hubs.li/Q02xmTt30

Like @samfriedmansoc said, we have a cover and a publication date. It will be out on the 10th September. Nervous but excited! Harvard University Press International

If you like books on culture, elites, or politics you can pre-order here: waterstones.com/book/born-to-r…

Fiona Bruce, 'Do you think we should stick with the current funding model for the NHS?' #BBCQT

Grace Blakeley, 'Yes.. Because The Lancet found that greater involvement of private companies in the NHS corresponded to more people dying from treatable causes' Grace Blakeley

New OA article in Gender & History
from me, Aaron Reeves and Naomi Muggleton on gendered processes of recruitment to elite higher education in the mid-c20th. Lots on elite schools, the role of mothers, and significance of fathers working in education
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

The latest output from our Nuffield Foundation general election briefing and analysis grants looks at social care, an area that often doesn't get the attention it deserves but which is fundamental to the wellbeing of many in UK society, including some of the most vulnerable.

🧵When Sunak delivered his ‘welfare’ set piece last week, he spoke as if the UK has one social security system, centrally controlled by Westminster, but this has not been the case for some time. york.ac.uk/news-and-event…

Social security policy has been devolved to the UK's nations.

But, has it been effective? And what does this mean for people living in different parts of the country?

A major new Nuffield Foundation project, being announced today, will provide the answers.

Watch this space!

My latest article shows that the Universal Credit conditionality regime harms mothers' employment prospects and caring responsibilities regardless of social class, but sometimes the negative effects are exacerbated for working class mothers cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Involuntary closures of for-profit care homes in England by the Care Quality Commission by Anders Bach-Mortensen and colleagues Ben Goodair Michelle Degli Esposti thelancet.com/journals/lanhl…

The UK is facing a prolonged and serious health crisis.

With Bob Klaber Dr Annabel Sir Michael Marmot we outline the urgent need for action on the social determinants of health in our The BMJ Future of the NHS Commission piece.

bmj.com/content/385/bm…

I've been investigating growing use of illegal children's homes to accommodate the most vulnerable kids in the country. My piece for the Observer 1/2
theguardian.com/society/2024/a…