"A paper in the journal Child Abuse & Neglect finds a consistent association between profit-making and the placing of children outside their local authority area" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... More light being shone on the evidence of outsourcing social care by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social.

Commercial firms now provide social care in many countries. But does the way they operate differ depending on how they are regulated? blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...

Dr Anders Bach-Mortensen, Dr Ben Goodair and Isabelle Kelly argue the NHS 10 year plan risks repeating past privatisation failures.👇 https://ow.ly/Sv1e50YKhRM

The NHS 10-year plan suggests solving low capital expenditure and long waiting times through greater use of the private sector... ...but doesn't state how to avoid previous failures of NHS privatisation. www.bmj.com/content/393/...

"Who benefits from the privatisation of health and social care?" @bengoodair.bsky.social explores how privatisation has panned out in practice, and who benefits the most, and suggests two possible paths for policymakers. #LSEResearchForTheWorld www.lse.ac.uk/research/res...

New paper out today in @thelancetph.bsky.social with François Schoenberger and @andersb-m.bsky.social : Do commercial markets deliver public services where we need them? www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Forskning: Private sociale tilbud har lavere kvalitet end de offentlige

New paper, showing inequalities in social care. "The poorest areas have far fewer outstanding rated care homes, despite those areas having higher care needs." @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social @nuffieldfoundation.org @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @ageuk.bsky.social @carers-uk.bsky.social @scie.org.uk

Out today in @bmj.com What happens in a two-tier system of care where some people pay and others don't? - Care homes end up providing better care for the richest; - They open in the richest areas; - Something people discover when their personal savings run out... bmj.com/cgi/content/...

Funded PhD available to work with @mjwdemography.bsky.social and team answering: "are international migrants living longer lives in worse health than non-migrants in the U.K. are?"

New Postdoc job!!! Esp for Danish-speaking researchers. To work with @andersb-m.bsky.social at RUC. Answering the 🔥 topic: Why is Denmark outsourcing it's care services... when the for-profit sector are worse? Please share with colleagues! Due: 1st June candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

Brand new research reported by @tomwall.bsky.social this weekend: Our new article, funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org describes the extent of inequalities in care homes - with better care going to those that can pay for it. For-profit homes delivering poorest care for state-funded residents:

New paper out today reveals scale of inequalities in social care! 💰 Care homes are better rated with more self-funded residents 👔 But inequalities in care only exist in the for-profit sector 📈 Outsourcing to for-profit sector accelerates inequalities of two-tier care Link: doi.org/10.1093/agei...

🔺Investigation We have exposed serious neglect of disabled people at multiple homes run by UK’s largest provider of complex care, Lifeways. Footage and evidence we’ve obtained reveal disbursing and dangerous treatment of residents with learning disabilities t.co/N3GWuuTmbD

Come do a fully-funded PhD with me in Denmark at Roskilde University! You’ll be part of a new exciting project looking at social care privatisation in Denmark with a larger team of researchers at both Roskilde and Oxford University. Deadline April 27: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

Now freely open access in the @bmj.com: How outsourcing has contributed to England’s social care crisis. We make the case that to "control, restrict, or remove the profit motive in social care, would improve the quality of provision and reduce inequalities". Read more: www.bmj.com/content/387/...

New paper in @bmj.com today: We show how public provision of adult social care has nearly ended over the last 20 years. We argue it has done so a) worsening the quality of care b) reducing accessibility of services and c) increasing inequalities. www.bmj.com/content/387/...

🚨 Job post 🚨 We’re hiring a full-time postdoc & part-time RA (ideal for PhD student) on social care privatisation. Running until 2027, working largely with me and Anders Bach-Mortensen at Oxford Uni. Please consider applying/sharing 😃 RA: bsg.ox.ac.uk/node/11000 Postdoc: bsg.ox.ac.uk/node/10999

New paper out in Lancet Healthy Longevity: We get access to which care homes have put residents' safety at risk and are forced to close. Shock finding: almost all of them are run for-profit... www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

New review in Lancet Public Health with @aaronreeves.bsky.social: What is the impact of healthcare privatisation on quality of care? "Health-care privatisation has almost never had a positive effect on the quality of care... But it is not benign either..." Link: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

New piece on privatization in healthcare services for Gaceta Sanitaria w Ben Goodair. 'Increased for-profit provision of services can result in healthcare providers cutting costs, prioritizing profits, and having worse impacts on the health of patients'. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...