Social care
The social care system remains beset by deep and long-term financial challenges, high vacancy levels and provider instability. Promises of change through government reform plans became mired in a cost of living crisis, leaving the sector in hugely uncertain times.
Key work in this area
Managing complexity and uncertainty across health and social care
Staff working in social care and the NHS often approach care from different perspectives. But as people’s needs become increasingly complex and the boundaries of responsibility for different aspects of care become blurred, what fundamental shifts in understanding and trust are required to ensure the needs of people are better met?
Adult social care in the four countries of the UK
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