{"id":260,"date":"2022-05-28T15:34:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T15:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erscag.org.uk\/?page_id=260"},"modified":"2022-07-17T19:03:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T19:03:25","slug":"articles-reports-research-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/erscag.org.uk\/index.php\/articles-reports-research-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Articles, Reports, Research &#038; Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_4,1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Articles, Reports, Research and Resources<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;http:\/\/erscag.org.uk\/index.php\/helpful-resources\/&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Back to previous page&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; button_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; button_bg_color=&#8221;#E02B20&#8243; button_border_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; button_border_radius=&#8221;5px&#8221; global_module=&#8221;344&#8243;][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<strong>What is adult social care? <\/strong>The Kings Fund (see policy think tanks below) explains that Adult Social Care covers a wide range of activities to help people who are older or living with disability or physical or mental illness live independently and stay well and safe.\u00a0 It can include \u2018personal care\u2019 (such as support for washing, dressing, and getting out of bed in the morning) as well as wider support to help people stay active and engaged in their communities. Social care includes support in people\u2019s own homes (home care or \u2018domiciliary care\u2019); support in day centres; care provided by care homes and nursing homes (residential care); reablement services to help people regain independence; providing aids and adaptations for people\u2019s homes; providing information and advice; and providing support for family carers.\u00a0 Others sum it up simply as\u00a0 <strong>\u201cWhereas the National Health Service is life-saving, social care is life-changing\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>For material by ERSCAG or more topical reports\/articles check elsewhere on website (especially our monthly newsletters).\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The listing below concentrates on key documents produced from other sources in past years.<\/strong><\/span>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;52px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Articles\/Reports<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Association of Directors of Adult Social Services \u2013 regular annual reports, statistics and studies on social care \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adass.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.adass.org.uk<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>British Association of Social Workers, A vision for social work \u2013 adults, (January 2021); see <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.basw.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">www.basw.co.uk<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Bunting, Madeleine: Labours of Love: the crisis of care, Granta Books, 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Cavendish Report \u2013 Social care reform: independent report by Baroness Cavendish, February 2022,\u00a0 at <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/social-care-reform-an-independent-review-by-baroness-cavendish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social care reform: an independent review by Baroness Cavendish &#8211; GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Centre for Welfare Reform: Fully Funded Social Care, by Simon Duffy &amp; Gordon Peters, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Doctors in UNITE \u2013 policy statement on a National Care Service, 5 October 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Ethical Care Charter (undated) by UNISON, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unison.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">www.unison.org.uk<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Goodbye Cinderella: A new settlement for care services \u2013 moving forward from the pandemic (Autumn 2020), National Pensioners Convention, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npcuk.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">www.npcuk.org<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>People\u2019s Covid Inquiry \u2013 report published in December 2021 \u2013 see <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peoplescovidinquiry.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">www.peoplescovidinquiry.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Beyond England<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Australia:\u00a0 A widescale public and grassroots consultation (involving Citizens Assemblies etc) was organised in 2019 leading to changes in social care <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.everyaustraliancounts.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">www.everyaustraliancounts.com.au<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Foundational economy \u2013 a concept being explored across a range of European countries &#8211; see <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foundationaleconomy.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">www.foundationaleconomy.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0 See, for example, in relation to Wales <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/gov.wales\/healthier-wales-foundation-economy-programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/gov.wales\/healthier-wales-foundation-economy-programme<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Scotland \u2013 see Independent Review of Adult Social Care (report published 3 February 2021) at <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/groups\/independent-review-of-adult-social-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">www.gov.scot\/groups\/independent-review-of-adult-social-care<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>United Nations \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.un.org<\/a><\/span> \u00a0and <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ohchr.org<\/a><\/span> \u2013 see, in particular, key documents such as &#8211;\n<ol>\n<li>UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (UNCRPD)<\/li>\n<li>UN Principles for Older Persons<\/li>\n<li>Universal Declaration of Human Rights (see especially Articles 2 and 25)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ealing Specific\u00a0<\/strong>(see erscag.org.uk)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Determining Your Financial Contribution \u2013 information for all Adult Social Care customers in Ealing, April 2019 (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ealing.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ealing.gov.uk<\/a><\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>Independence, Choice and Wellbeing \u2013 your guide to Direct Payments, published by the London Borough of Ealing (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ealing.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ealing.gov.uk<\/a><\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Journals<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Journal of Long-Term Care (see <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ilpnetwork.org\/journal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ilpnetwork.org\/journal<\/a><\/span>): an international, multi- and inter-disciplinary, peer-reviewed, online\u00a0<em>journal<\/em>\u00a0established as a focus for advancing the research evidence base for all aspects of\u00a0<em>long<\/em>&#8211;<em>term care<\/em>\u00a0for adults.<\/li>\n<li>Which magazine (April 2018) with details of when Local Authorities pay care home fees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Legal cases and legislation on social care<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.gov.uk<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Care Act 2014<\/li>\n<li>Coronavirus Act 2020<\/li>\n<li>Health and Social Care Act 2012<\/li>\n<li>Health &amp; Care Act 2022<\/li>\n<li>SH, R (on the application of) v Norfolk County Council &amp; Anor [2020] EHWC 3436 &#8211; a judicial review finding against Norfolk Council regarding charging for social care services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Major (historic) Studies<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Commission on Fairer Care Funding (known as \u201cThe Dilnot report\u201d after chair Sir Andrew Dilnot), July 2011, see also commentaries on Dilnot report 10 years on by Age UK\/Nuffield Trust etc.<\/li>\n<li>Fair Society, Healthy Lives: Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England post 2010, February 2010 (the Marmot Review) <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/globalassets\/documents\/fair-society-healthy-lives-full-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/globalassets\/documents\/fair-society-healthy-lives-full-report.pdf<\/a><\/span>, and for \u201810 years on\u2019 see www.futurecarecapital.com<\/li>\n<li>Royal Commission on Long Term Care (called \u201cThe Sutherland report\u201d), The Stationery Office, March 1999, see <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.health.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.health.org.uk<\/a><\/span> which brings many of these seminal reports together.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Oversight bodies issuing reports\/commentaries on social care<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Care Quality Commission (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cqc.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.cqc.org.uk<\/a><\/span>) oversees care provision and produces annual assessments on the \u201cState of Care\u201d in England.<\/li>\n<li>Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman investigates complaints about registered adult social care providers <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lgo.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.lgo.org.uk<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Parliamentary sources<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Audit Office: for example \u2013 \u201cThe adult social care market in England\u201d, report by Comptroller and Auditor General, Session 2019-2021, 25 March 2021, HC 1244, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nao.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.nao.org.uk<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Economic Affairs Committee, Lords Select Committee: \u201cSocial Care Funding \u2013 time to end a national scandal\u201d, HL 392, published 4 July 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Health &amp; Social Care Committee report \u201cSocial care: funding and workforce\u201d (October 2020) \u2013 and government response January 2021 (CP 360). For other inquiries, especially those currently underway, see <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/committee\/81\/health-and-social-care-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Health and Social Care Committee &#8211; Summary &#8211; Committees &#8211; UK Parliament<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Joint Parliamentary Inquiry (by Health and Social Care Committee and the Science and Technology Committee) into Coronavirus: lessons learnt (including \u201cits impact on the social care sector and the impact on BAME communities\u201d), established October 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Briefing papers \u2013 e.g. nb.8000, 23 October 2017, Social Care: Government Reviews and policy proposals for paying for care since 1997, and nb 8001, 8 July 2020; Adult social care funding reform: developments since July 2019 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/commons-library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.parliament.uk\/commons-library<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Westminster Hall debate on Social Care Reform and the Social Care Workforce, Hansard, \u00a018 March 2022 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.parliamentlive.tv\/Event\/Index\/15ba1f80-ba6e-49c7-9977-b71152db410d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.parliamentlive.tv\/Event\/Index\/15ba1f80-ba6e-49c7-9977-b71152db410d<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>White Papers: Government regularly publishes official policy\/consultation documents best accessed via (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.gov.uk<\/a><\/span>).\u00a0 For example, \u201cBuild Back Better: our plan for health and social care\u201d (September 2021); and a \u2018ten year vision\u2019 for social care was issued (December 2021)\u00a0 entitled \u201cPeople at the heart of care: adult social care reform\u201d.\u00a0 See also responses, such as in the latter case, \u201cThe Future of Adult Social Care\u201d by local government <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.local.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.local.gov.uk<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Women and Equalities Committee: various coronavirus related inquiries in 2020 \u201cUnequal impact\u201d on grounds of disability, gender and race. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/committee\/328\/women-and-equalities-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Women and Equalities Committee &#8211; Summary &#8211; Committees &#8211; UK Parliament<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>An Inquiry into <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/work\/1080\/longterm-funding-of-adult-social-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Long-term Funding of Adult Social Care<\/a><\/span> was initiated (March 2021) by the Parliamentary Select Committee on Housing, Communities and Local Government, now being pursued by its successor Select Committee on Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee.\u00a0 See website for final report (expected in 2022).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Policy and academic think tanks<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Health Foundation report- <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.healthorg.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.healthorg.uk<\/a><\/span> \u2013 various reports including \u201cSocial care funding options: how much and where from\u201d (May 2018) and another (with the Kings Fund and Nuffield Trust) \u201cThe value of investing in social care\u201d, briefing October 2021.<\/li>\n<li>Independent Living Strategy Group \u2013 Charging for Social Care: a tax on the need for support?, c.2018, available from <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.in-control.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.in-control.org.uk<\/a> and\/or <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.disabilityrightsuk.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.disabilityrightsuk.org<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Institute of Public Policy Research \u2013 various studies and reports, including \u201cWho cares: financialisation in social care\u201d September 2019 (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ippr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ippr.org<\/a><\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>Kings Fund, various expert research reports and regular statistics entitled \u201cKey facts and figures about social care\u201d, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kingsfund.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.kingsfund.org.uk<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Nuffield Trust &#8211; \u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk<\/a><\/span> \u2013 including \u201cSocial Care, the action we need\u201d \u2013 report published November 2019; ISBN: 978-1-910953-72-3.<\/li>\n<li>Policy Exchange \u2013\u201c21<sup>st<\/sup> century social care: what\u2019s wrong with social care and how we can fix it\u201d, ISBN 978-1-910812-21-6, June 2019.<\/li>\n<li>PSSRU (Personal Social Services Research Unit) based at Kent University maintains extensive resources of information on social care \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pssru.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.pssru.ac.uk<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Resolution Foundation \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.resolutionfoundation.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.resolutionfoundation.org<\/a><\/span> \u201cA budget for inter-generational fairness\u201d (November 2017) looks amongst other things at funding of social care; as also their \u201cA caring tax rise?\u201d, July 2021, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Skills for Care \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skillsforcare.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.skillsforcare.org.uk<\/a><\/span> produces annual national and regional reports on the \u201cSize and Structure of Adult Social Care and State of the Workforce\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Women\u2019s Budget Group \u2013 see <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wbg.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.wbg.org.uk<\/a><\/span> for numerous gender focused reports including \u201cInvesting in the Care Economy\u201d (2017); \u201cSocial Care: A system in crisis\u201d (2017); \u201cA Care-Led Recovery\u201d (March 2021); and (with New Economics Foundation) \u201cUniversal Quality Social Care: Transforming Adult Social Care in England\u201d (January 2022).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; 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