Prof Catherine Needham

@DrCNeedham

Professor of Public Policy & Management, Birmingham Uni. Into social care, gardening and crosswords. Tweets in personal capacity

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Prof Catherine Needham @DrCNeedham Oct 11, 2017

'Future of care for older people & the adult care system is one of greatest unresolved public policy issues of our time' @CareQualityComm x.com/CareQualityCom…

Care Quality Commission @CareQualityComm Oct 10, 2017

#StateofCare finds most people still getting good care – but the health and care system is straining at the seams cqc.org.uk/news/stories/m…

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Prof Catherine Needham @DrCNeedham Sep 5, 2024

Great new article on choice and control as disabled people negotiate gender and sexuality identity

Prof Catherine Needham @DrCNeedham Aug 6, 2024

I saw this in Birmingham and it was brilliant - based on the work done by @JonGlasby @robinmiller and others around barriers to people with learning disabilities/autistic people leaving long-stay hospitals

Prof Catherine Needham @DrCNeedham Jul 31, 2024

Excited to be getting started on this!

Anders Bach-Mortensen @AMBachMortensen Jul 31, 2024

Very excited and grateful to continue our work with the @NuffieldFound. With an amazing team (@BenGoodair, @OleHelby, @DrCNeedham, @EleanorCarter), we will spend the next 2.5 years evaluating the impact of outsourcing care provision in England nuffieldfoundation.org/project/evalua…
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Prof Catherine Needham @DrCNeedham Jun 28, 2024

Completely agree with @RichardnotatKF and Lucinda Allan @HealthFdn, let's just get on with implementing the social care funding laws we already have: "A fairer option – the cap and reformed means test – has already been legislated for and the costs are relatively modest."