Natasha Curry

Coal or chocolate coins: What do the changes to local government funding mean for social care? As the government makes changes to how local government works and how it is funded, Camille Oung takes a closer look at those changes and explores what it all might mean for the beleaguered social car...

🆕 What do the changes to local government funding mean for social care? @camille-oung.bsky.social describes what the impact of yesterday’s Local Government Finance Settlement could be for the beleaguered social care sector.
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Good intentions aren’t enough: implementing a Fair Pay Agreement that works for social care With the Employment Rights Act receiving royal assent yesterday, the Fair Pay Agreement for social care proposed within it moves a step closer to becoming reality, potentially offering an opportunity ...

🆕 The Fair Pay Agreement for social care moved a step closer to reality this week, but proposals can only succeed if they are designed carefully and funded properly. @cglobont.bsky.social brings the evidence together to describe what needs to happen next.
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The tough choices at the heart of the government’s dispute with big pharma The government has been locked in a dispute with pharmaceutical companies for a number of months over how much the NHS pays for new branded medicines. Sally Gainsbury and Huseyin Naci set out the issu...

🆕 With how much the NHS pays for new branded medicines in the news, @sallygainsbury.bsky.social & Huseyin Naci describe the role of price controls in balancing demands on the NHS budget – and why the government should stand firm in not weakening those controls. tinyurl.com/53xcpcbb

Today we’ve published our analysis of NHS Continuing Healthcare. An often overlooked but vital source of support for people with complex health & care needs. It’s a story of variation, falling eligibility and harrowing experiences as people struggle to navigate this opaque & adversarial system

Building a resilient social care system in England: What can be learnt from the first wave of Covid-19? Social care in England entered the pandemic in a fragile state. With much already written about the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the social care sector, our new report in collabor...

And read our previous report from this project into learning from the first wave of Covid-19 in England which highlighted a series of weaknesses in the social care system that need to be addressed through reform 👇

Building resilience in adult social care: Learning the lessons from other countries’ experiences of Covid-19 As the ongoing Covid Inquiry turns its focus to the social care sector, and with social care in desperate need of long-promised reform, Nuffield Trust and LSE's Care Policy and Evaluation Centre are p...

The blog summarises a wealth of learning gathered from Denmark, France, Japan & the Netherlands by me, @adelinacohe.bsky.social @camille-oung.bsky.social and Joanna Marczak (with input from many others). Read the full papers here 👇

Looking back to move forward: what can other countries’ Covid experiences tell us about building a resilient care system? As the Hallett Inquiry turns its focus to social care this week, this blog draws on a set of interational case beinng published by Nuffield Trust and LSE's Care Policy and Evaluation Centre which expl...

📰As the Covid-19 Inquiry's public hearings into social care begin, there is much to be learnt from other countries and how their care systems coped during the pandemic. My blog shares some of the insights from research by @nuffieldtrust.org.uk & @cpeclse.bsky.social published today 👇

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: GOLTC webinar: Social Care Reform in England: taking stock and setting the agenda . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining ... Join us for the first webinar of the Social Care Reform in England interest group, with an analysis of the current state of social care in England, what can we learn from the history of social care re...

📢 Webinar

Join the Global Observatory of Long-Term Care on 9 July for a discussion on #SocialCare Reform in England: taking stock and setting the agenda 🪏

Free registration: lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Silence, sexism and stigma: The state of working-age women’s health in England Women spend more years of their life living in poor health than men, including through their working years. This QualityWatch data story shows how the burden of disease affects working-age women and m...

Women spend more of their working-age years living with ill health than men.

Brilliant new #Qualitywatch analysis from my @nuffieldtrust.org.uk colleagues unpicking the factors driving this 🔽

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Some thoughts from my colleague @ninahemmings.bsky.social on what the immigration white paper means for social care. Vacancies are still high & the plan for boosting the domestic pipeline is a long way off so stopping overseas recruitment now risks leaving a void in the short term.

Diverging paths: How other countries have designed and implemented assisted dying As the assisted dying Bill returns to the House of Commons next week, this in-depth analysis offers evidence from a wide range of contexts to further inform the debate. What can the UK learn from…

NEW ANALYSIS explores how approaches to #AssistedDying vary internationally.

The Nuffield Trust holds a neutral position on the legalisation of assisted dying in the UK.

Our analysis reviews the evidence for jurisdictions where it has been implemented, to help inform debate.
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Independent commission into adult social care: terms of reference

The terms of reference for the Casey Review have been launched today, with a focus on building consensus over tangible recommendations to improve adult social care over the next ten years. A few takes from me and @cglobont.bsky.social .social & @natashacurry.bsky.social:

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Video highlights

Our #NTsummit last week was a huge success. Thank you to everyone who took part. All the live-streamed sessions are now available to watch again. www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/summit/nuffi...

Earlier at our Summit, our panellists shed light on the intense challenges people have getting access to NHS Continuing Healthcare services - NHS funded care that's provided outside of hospital for people with significant ongoing care needs. #NTSummit

Juliet Bouverie shares her thoughts 👇

The final livestreamed session of our Summit is about to begin. #NTSummit

What do problems with NHS Continuing Healthcare services tell us about wider issues in health and care?

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Day 2 of #ntsummit. Tune in to our livestream. Session on NHS CHC is at 10.15am where my colleague Rachel Hutchings will be talking about the research we’ve been doing.

Now seems like a particularly important time to resist polarisation and to encourage nuance.

I’m excited to have this conversation - and publish a paper on the future of partnership - tomorrow #ntsummit

Being exposed to racism can have devastating effects for #NHS staff, including poorer health, poorer retention and underrepresentation in senior roles, says @stephanihatch.bsky.social. #NTSummit #antiracism

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Why does planned change fail so often? #NTSummit

@theasrstein.bsky.social highlights the complicated role that financial incentives and skill mix have played in efforts to change the #NHS.

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Our new analysis out today looks at the deteriorating finances of NHS trusts. NHS trusts consume over 75% of the English NHS budget, so if you want to know how the NHS is coping with its current funding, your starting point should be the doubling of the trust overspend to £1.2bn by March 2024 >>

Wonderful to see our team's paper (on training needs for staff working on remote & digital general practice) featured in the BJGP 2024's Top 10 most-read articles list! Thanks @bjgp.bsky.social

Join me and some very insightful fellow panelists tomorrow as we discuss the implications of the Budget for adult social care providers. 👇

Fairer funding for general practice in England: what’s the problem, why is it so hard to fix, and what should the government do? General practice funding is inequitable: the Carr-Hill formula, which decides the distribution of funding, is outdated and fails to take account of socioeconomic deprivation. This briefing, produced i...

The funding of #generalpractice is unfair and inequitable.

New @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social with the Health Equity Evidence Centre looks at why, why it matters, options to ‘fix’ the problem and makes clear what we think is the way forward.

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Today, we published our estimate of the impact of measures in the budget on social care providers. @cglobont.bsky.social sets it all out in this handy thread 👇. With many thanks to @sallygainsbury.bsky.social for her support & guidance & to many in the sector who we tested our assumptions on.

With the number of people with dementia rising, our social care system *really* needs adapting to meet people’s needs better. But so difficult to envisage this when that system as a whole is under such unprecedented strain. Here’s some clear policy and thinking about ways to move this forward…

Keep eyes peeled for an important social care story from @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social colleagues tomorrow 👀

And make sure to follow #socialcare supremos @natashacurry.bsky.social @camille-oung.bsky.social @cglobont.bsky.social & @ninahemmings.bsky.social