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Commissioning secure childrens home placements in england.

Published in What Works for Childrens Social Care, 2022

A review of difficulties commissioning placements in secure childrens homes in England

With Anders Bach-Mortensen, Elle Briggs and Aoife O’Higgens

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Are local authorities achieving effective market stewardship for childrens social care services? a synthesis of sufficiency strategies for children in care in england.

Published in What Works for Childrens Social Care, 2022

A review of sufficiency strategies made by LAs for residential childrens social care

With Anders Bach-Mortensen, Hannah Murray, Elle Carter, Elle Briggs and Aoife O’Higgens

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[1] Outsourcing health-care services to the private sector and treatable mortality rates in england, 2013–20: An observational study of nhs privatisation.

Published in The Lancet Public Health, with Aaron Reeves, 2022

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Areas of england with increased outsourcing of nhs services have more deaths of people with treatable conditions.

Published in LSE British Politics and Policy, 2022

A blog summarising research on the impacts of NHS privatisation.

With Aaron Reeves

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Four in five of the children’s homes in england are run for profit – here’s why that is a problem.

Published in The Conversation, 2022

A blog reporting findings from research on privatisation of childrens social care

With Anders Bach-Mortensen and Jane Barlow

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[2] Outsourcing and childrens social care: A longitudinal analysis of inspection outcomes among english childrens homes and local authorities.

Published in Social Science and Medicine, with Anders Bach-Mortensen and Jane Barlow, 2022

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[3] For-profit outsourcing and its effects on placement stability and locality for children in care in england, 2011–2022: A longitudinal ecological analysis.

Published in Child Abuse and Neglect, with Anders Bach-Mortensen and Jane Barlow, 2023

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[4] ‘Accident and Emergency’? Exploring reasons for increased privatisation in england’s nhs.

Published in Health Policy, 2023

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[5] The case against outsourcing from healthcare services

Published in Gaceta Sanitaria, with Aaron Reeves, 2024

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[6] The effect of healthcare privatisation on the quality of care

Published in Lancet Public Health, with Aaron Reeves, 2024

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[7] Involuntary closures of for-profit care homes in England by the Care Quality Commission

Published in Lancet Healthy Longevity, with Anders Bach-Mortensen and Michelle Degli Esposti, 2024

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[8] A decade of outsourcing in health and social care in England: What was it meant to achieve?

Published in Social Policy and Administration, with Anders Bach-Mortensen and Christine Corlet Walker, 2024

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[9] Does outsourcing enable the survival of good care homes? A longitudinal analysis of all care homes in England, 2011–2023

Published in BMJ Public Health, with Anders Bach-Mortensen and Michelle Degli Esposti, 2024

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[10] ‘Two sides of the same coin’? A longitudinal analysis evaluating whether financial austerity accelerated NHS privatisation in England 2013-2020

Published in BMJ Public Health, with Anders Bach-Mortensen and Aaron Reeves, 2024

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Evidencing the outsourcing of social care provision in England

Published in Nuffield Foundation, 2024

A final project report outlining the extent of outsourcing of England’s social care services since 2010

With Anders Bach-Mortensen, Michelle Degli Esposti, Christine Corlet Walker, and Jane Barlow

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