New in the Unit's #homelessness series:
Thinking about mental capacity and multiple exclusion homelessness
18 July 2024 10:00 to 11:00
Online. All welcome.
kcl.ac.uk/events/thinkin…

How might the proposed reforms to the Mental Health Act impact autistic people and people with a learning disability?

Find out more with our latest POSTnote, which looks closer at the research evidence and stakeholder views: post.parliament.uk/research-brief…

After 18months of co-production, thinking, writing & reflecting i’m so so happy to share the Radical Safeguarding Toolkit - Homelessness!

With huge thanks to Research in Practice & everyone whose time & insights have shaped the project.

researchinpractice.org.uk/adults/publica…

Applications are now open for our Research Action Awards! This year's winners will be chosen by a committee of experts chaired by Annette Boaz, Professor of Health and Social Care / Director of Health and Social Care Workforce Research King's College London saxinstitute.org.au/for-researcher…

Looking forward to the Dementia Community Research Network event today! Come by at King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, and learn more about the members, the network and how you can join to create more inclusivity in dementia services and research.

Healthy social workers and sick social workers
14 May 2024 14:00 to 15:30
Online. All welcome.
kcl.ac.uk/events/healthy…

Looking forward to being part of tomorrow’s event from Dementia Community Research Network (DCRN)! Lots of info on dementia community services in South London, research + public involvement opportunities. With free refreshments, what’s not to like?! Open to all. No registration needed! x.com/thedcrn/status…

What an interesting day spent with the rapid evaluation community (doers, commissioners and potential users). Thanks @HealthFdnamd Nuffield Trust for including me and the topic of knowledge mobilisation

Quick trip to London (see what I did there?) for #rapidevaluation and contributing to the awesome Prof Ann-Marie Towers session on #socialcare on our NICHE Leeds version of equally awesome Academische Werkplaats Ouderenzorg Limburg living lab model for care homes and domiciliary care.

A modified action framework to develop & evaluate academic-policy engagement interventions …plementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Petra Mäkelä Annette Boaz & Kathryn Oliver Implementation Science

Really interesting set of reflections from Prof Ann-Marie Towers of University of Kent about setting up the NIHR Research #HSDR funded Social Care Research Capacity Building Partnership #rapidevaluation

Healthy social workers and sick social workers
14 May 2024 14:00 to 15:30
Online. All welcome.
kcl.ac.uk/events/healthy…

Expanding the concept of 'ageing in place' to include 'dying in place'
Professor Linda Yin-King Lee, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, spoke at the Unit
kcl.ac.uk/news/expanding…

A piece I was asked to write for Rightful Lives about Steven and my relationship with the Human Rights Act. Thank you Julie, Alexis, Alicia, Dawn & Ben for the invite. It felt good to be involved again.

Adult social care is made up of 4 sectors: the NHS, local authorities, direct payment recipients and independent services. 78% of staff work within the independent sector. Find out more about the makeup of the adult social care workforce in our nutshell. kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-an…

May newsletter
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Building #SocialCare & #dementia research capacity, a tool for people with #LongCovid , improving end-of-life care, midwife continuity of care & positive pregnancy experiences, the healing power of creative arts, opportunities, events & more

NEW
International nurse recruitment to the NHS -- bilateral arrangements with Kenya and Nepal.
Lead author of this Unit evaluation, Ian Kessler, blogs on our findings: In Pursuit of Ethically Sustainable Approaches to International Nurse Recruitment.
kcl.ac.uk/news/internati…

Just out - much to think about here - Diagnosis of common health conditions among autistic adults in the UK: evidence from a matched cohort study - The Lancet Regional Health – Europe thelancet.com/journals/lanep…

This week Michelle Cornes and Michela Tinelli and colleagues launched their final evaluation report of the Out-of-Hospital Care Models programme for people experiencing #homelessness
📽️Video, news and onward links 👇
kcl.ac.uk/news/out-of-ho…

Round 12 of the NIHR Advanced Fellowship is now open for applications. We would like to see applications from researchers of: social care, mental health, public health, health data science, knowledge mobilisation, multiple long-term conditions.

Apply now: nihr.ac.uk/funding/advanc…