Research publications by the social care research team

Sobo-Allen L, Miller R and Bond L. An understanding of ‘strengths’ and ‘strengths based practice’ within older people from ethnic minorities in the UK. A qualitative systematic review (Version 2) NIHR Open Res 2026, 6:26

Hall K, Kerlin JA, Ye M. Government versus social enterprise: comparing the quality of government-run and social enterprise spin-out organisations in English health and social care. Journal of Social Policy. Published online 2026:1-19

Rubenstein, Z., J. Glasby, R. Posaner, R. Miller, and A.-M. Glasby. 2026. A Systematic Review of Outcomes for People With Intellectual Disabilities and/or Autistic People Following Resettlement From Long-Stay Hospitals in the UK. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 39, no. 3: e70244

Glasby, J, Farquharson, C, Needham, C & Hamblin, K 2025, Adult social care reform cannot afford to wait, British Medical Journal, vol. 388, no. 8455, r63

Tanner, D, Willis, P, Beedell, P, Nosowska, G, Milne, A, Nelson-Becker, H & Perry, E 2025, Being that hopeful person’: the contribution of social workers to older people’s wellbeing, British Journal of Social Work

Lindley, L, Watkins, M, Dowding, D, Overton, L, Friend, A, Wilberforce, M & Birks, Y 2025, Developing a decision aid for older people who pay for social care, Journal of Long-Term Care, vol. 2025, pp. 142-153

Bradbury-Jones, C, Damery, S, Fruin, K, Gunby, C, Harlock, J, Hebberts, L, Isham, L, Jones, A-M, Maxted, F, Mighty, A, Parmar, P, Patterson, L, Schaub, J, Scott, F, Smailes, H, Smith, D & Taylor, J 2025, Exploring voluntary sector specialist services for victim-survivors of sexual violence in England: the PROSPER co-production study, NIHR Journals Library, vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 1-104

Needham, C & Burn, E 2025, 'Law but not law': explaining unenacted policy as a type of policy failure, Policy and politics