Ben Goodair

@BenGoodair

Researcher @CASE_LSE. Identifying the impacts of privatisation in health and social care services. He/him.

bengoodair.github.io Joined May 2011

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Ben Goodair @BenGoodair Jun 30, 2022

New paper out today in @TheLancetPH with co-author @aaronsreeves:

📈 NHS outsourcing on the rise
🏥 For-profit expenditure associated with higher mortality rates
🚩 Declining population health outcomes may be worsened by privatisation

#OpenAccess here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Ben Goodair @BenGoodair Dec 16, 2025

New paper out in @TheLancetPH with @FrancoisSchoen and @AMBachMortensen:

Do commercial markets deliver public services where we need them?

Open access: thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…

www.thelancet.com Commercialisation and care sufficiency: the privatisation of children's homes in England Although the commercialisation of care services is intended to produce markets that respond to care need, it is still unclear whether profit incentives align with population need. In this Health...

LSE @LSEnews Dec 16, 2025

A NEW study by @BenGoodair from @CASE_LSE and colleagues published in @TheLancetPH finds "the commercialisation of children’s social care in England has contributed to a sufficiency crisis with profound indirect health consequences.”

lse.ac.uk/news/latest-ne…
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Ben Goodair @BenGoodair Jul 16, 2025

New paper, showing inequalities in social care.

"The poorest areas have far fewer outstanding rated care homes, despite those areas having higher care needs."

@DHSCgovuk @SocialcareToday @CASE_LSE @BlavatnikSchool @CommunityCare

The BMJ @bmj_latest Jul 15, 2025

England’s two tier system deepens social care inequalities.

@AMBachMortensen and colleagues examine how increasing reliance on out-of-pocket payments for adult social care has created a quality divide
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Ben Goodair @BenGoodair Jul 15, 2025

Out today in @bmj_latest

What happens in a two-tier care system where some people pay and others don't?

- Care homes give better care for the richest;

- They open in the richest areas;

- Something people learn when their savings run out..

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Ben Goodair @BenGoodair Jun 18, 2025

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

PARA-MOR (ERC/UKRI) @para_mor_ukri Jun 18, 2025

📢 We are hiring! 📢

Are you a UK home student with (or nearing) a Master's degree in Demography, Public Health, Sociology or a related discipline? Do you have a strong interest in ethnicity and inequality? 📈🌍

If so, come and do a PhD @SalfordUni!

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