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...
@annetteboaz.bsky.social
Professor of Health and Social Care and Director of the Policy Research unit for the Health and Social Care Workforce (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/hscwru), Kings College London, Co-lead https://transforming-evidence.org
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...
It was a real pleasure talking to #CFRs for the study mentioned in the Minister of Stateโs letter @hscwru.bsky.social
02.10.2025 06:54 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1What a beautiful evening to be cycling @denbies vineyard. Very lucky to have all this on our doorstep
01.10.2025 19:08 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Absolutely intellectually spoiled these past 2 days! At โA New Odyssey for Public Engagementโ in London, leading thinkers in science, diplomacy & public engagement from 4 continents came together to explore how the ODESSI framework (doi.org/10.5281/zeno...) can guide global dialogues on science ๐โจ
01.10.2025 13:00 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 2Huge thanks to Shaofeng Hu (UNESCO) & @francoisefrancois.bsky.social for inspiring keynotes, and to our brilliant speakers & discussants for their transdisciplinary insights ๐
@itswiggins.bsky.social @annettemarkham.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @davidludwig.bsky.social @gsej.bsky.social
A new future for universities: how can universities help support national renewal and local pride? it Monday 29 September โข 15:15 - 16:15pm ยฎ Sherwood Room 6, ACC Liverpool
If you are interested in universities policy Iโll be on a panel discussing this with @greenmirandahere.bsky.social @pollymackenzie.bsky.social @papiteide.bsky.social & Michael Spence on Monday 3.15pm in Liverpool
28.09.2025 09:26 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0House of Commons Education Select Committee cites Unit work by Ian Kessler and @annetteboaz.bsky.social
The Committee has published: 'Solving the SEND Crisis'
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/house-o...
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.
academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance...
In our new project, we are exploring how NHS Nursing Associates are working in GP practices. What's their role in the wider healthcare team, the types of work they do and the factors that affect their development and integration? #PrimaryCare
arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/how-are-nurs...
Coming up on Wednesday at the Unit ๐
22.09.2025 07:17 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1A huge thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for our Workshop Pathways to Inclusion: Engaging Underrepresented Voices in Open Research Your insights, challenges, and ideas are helping us build a more inclusive, impactful research system. #openresearch #publicengagement #inclusion
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for our Workshop Pathways to Inclusion: Engaging Underrepresented Voices in Open Research
Your insights, challenges, and ideas are helping us build a more inclusive, impactful research system.
#openresearch #publicengagement #inclusion
As part of Open House we are opening up the home of @britishacademy.bsky.social next Sunday 21 Sept. Itโs a gorgeous building with a lot of history
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/livin...
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...
@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.
10.09.2025 16:13 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0NEW
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...
Last days of the summer in the Lake District
03.09.2025 13:56 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Health Services Research UKย 2025
By Imelda McDermott The Health Services Research UK (HSRUK) conference is a must-attend annual event for those interested in health and care services research, policy, and practice in the UK and internationally. It brings together a diverse community includingโฆ
๐ขNew publication from our team: "The meaning of โqualityโ of homecare for older people: a scoping review" bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
31.07.2025 12:43 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0How can we support good decision-making in adults social care?
Hear a new open access podcast that introduces the recently updated good decision-making resources. ow.ly/4sBG50Wwwfc
Colorful aurora looking south next to a spring-fed river near Fairbanks, Alaska
29.07.2025 14:36 โ ๐ 693 ๐ 98 ๐ฌ 7 ๐ 5From our Editors' Choice Collection, with #FreeAccess until 31 July!
'#Policy engagement as โempowered representationโ: democratic mediation through a participatory research project on climate resilience' by โช@laurencepiper.bsky.socialโฌ et al.:
doi.org/10.1332/1744...
@bupjournals.bsky.social
As we come to the end of the academic year, Iโd like to share some of the great work done by the Strand Group in 2024-25 with particular reference to the first year of the MA Government Studies
thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/news-item/di...
Today we have released the latest size and structure information with up-to-date data about the adult social care sector and workforce in England in 2024/25.
โก๏ธ Take a look now bit.ly/SizeAndStruc...
#SizeAndStructure
๐ปRegister now to join CPEC researcher Nicola Brimblecombe and her colleagues for the online launch of their new book 'Care Poverty and Unmet Needs: Inequalities in Theory and Practice', part of the #TransformingCare book series!๐
๐๏ธ10th Sept, 2-3.
swanseauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Nothing like a summer holiday at home ๐
29.07.2025 15:53 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Lovely to be by the sea ๐
26.07.2025 20:39 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0At Research in Practice we support professional learning and development to enable people to live good lives.
Explore our work, resources and collaborations from the past year in our annual review. ow.ly/OwlT50Wrcqm
Probably the last thing I write before I take over on MasterChef
15.07.2025 16:16 โ ๐ 45 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 1