For #CarersRightsDay we've collaborated on a new report with Carers Scotland, which estimates the value of #unpaidcare in Scotland is worth £15.9 billion. Without unpaid carers our health and #socialcare systems would collapse. Read the report here: centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2024/1…

Our last paper “Estimating the Cost of Informal Care with a Novel Two-Stage Approach to Individual Synthetic Control” summarized here! Go and check it out! ☺️

We have published another report today in collaboration with Carers UK for #carersrightsday, looking at the value of #unpaidcare in all four nations of the UK, estimated to be a staggering £184 billion per year. Read this report here: centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2024/1…

Centre for Care researchers Jingwen Zhang Maria Petrillo & Matt Bennett are in Edinburgh today for the launch of a new #valuingcarers report in collaboration with Carers Scotland. Read the full report here: centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2024/1… #carersrightsday

Our figures on the value of #unpaidcare published today in collaboration with Carers UK are mentioned here by Baroness Pitkeathley in House of Lords The value of unpaid care is now estimated to be £184 billion per year. Read more: centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2024/1… Economic and Social Research Council National Institute for Health and Care Research

Thrilled to launch Valuing Carers 2022: Scotland with Carers Scotland yesterday. Our research reveals the incredible £15.9bn annual contribution of unpaid carers and the urgent need for greater support. #CarersRightsDay #UnpaidCarers

Come work with us 🙌🏻 Deadline: 7th of Feb ‼️

George Leckie and I have created a new short MAIHDA tutorial, with videos and practical exercises: ncrm.ac.uk/resources/onli… It's based on our tutorial paper in SSM Pop Health Soc Sci & Medicine, but shorter and more interactive. Hope it's helpful! NCRM

Our new report published today in collaboration with Kinship estimates the economic contribution made by kinship carers at £4.3 billion per year. Unlike foster carers, most kinship carers do not receive financial support from the government. centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2025/0…

Our new research in collaboration with Kinship is featured on BBC News (UK) today: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… In our research we estimates kinship carers contribute £4.3 billion a year to society. #ValueOurLove

Our new report in partnership with Kinship estimates kinship carers contribute £4.3 billion a year to society, or £12 million per day, without financial support from the government. Read the report here: centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2025/0…

The report 'Valuing Kinship Care in England' is written by Maria Petrillo Jingwen Zhang Becky Driscoll & Nathan Hughes Centre for Care & free to download: 2/2 centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2025/0…

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Very excited to be part of the final evidence session for the Health and Social Care Committee. We’ll be discussing the cost of inaction and the financial consequences faced by unpaid carers. Looking forward to an important conversation! #SocialCareReform

ANOTHER EXCITING WEBINAR: Estimating the Cost of Informal #Care with a Novel Two-Stage Approach to Individual Synthetic Control 💰 Join Adelina ComasHerrera, Javiera Cartagena-Farias (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre), Maria Petrillo (The University of Sheffield) + Megan Doheny (Karolinska Institutet) on 27 May:👉lse.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Interested in engaging with global experts in #health + #SocialCare?🌍 In April + May, we're hosting a series of exciting webinars - there's something for everyone, from ethics of #caretech, to #workforce retention, #continence care + more! MORE DETAILS:👉goltc.org/news/

The social care system in England is broken. We're calling on Government to measure the cost of inaction on reforming the current system and see the sector's wider potential. Read the report: committees.parliament.uk/committee/81/h…

The Committee has drawn on evidence submitted by Centre for Care and Maria Petrillo in their report to warn the Government it will not achieve its ambitions to support more people into work without a functioning social care system.

📢 Call for Papers! QAR-Net Care’s second workshop — “Care and Inequality: Bridging Research and Practice” — will take place 15–16 Dec 2025 at The University of Sheffield. Submissions now open! 🧵👇 centreforcare.ac.uk/qar-net-care/2…