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Professor of Health and Social Care and Director of the Policy Research unit for the Health and Social Care Workforce (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/hscwru), Kings College London, Co-lead https://transforming-evidence.org

Annette Boaz

Introducing our Accelerator Grant Awardees! 🚀 We’ve awarded seven grants of up to £20k to interdisciplinary projects – spanning five King’s faculties – to drive early‑stage research on pressing health and care challenges. Meet the awardees: shorturl.at/lNfWq

Join us on 20 May for an exciting evening of research with real‑world impact at @pintofscience.uk 2026! Our researchers will share insights across key health and care topics, including patient safety, diabetes and healthy ageing. Get your tickets: shorturl.at/IMOO6 #pint26

Did you know? The early registration deadline for the NNERPP Annual Forum is coming up on June 20! Register now to join us July 22-24 in Los Angeles, CA! signup.rice.edu/NNERPPAF26 #NNERPP26

We're delighted to announce that Dr @juliettemalley.bsky.social joins @kingsnmpc.bsky.social as a Reader within the Better Health & Care Hub from 1 March 2026. Her appointment strengthens our mission to transform health and care for people with complex illnesses. Read more: shorturl.at/ouoGT

Why has social care reform proved so elusive? Our Deputy Director of Policy @natashacurry.bsky.social summarises the politics that's been holding back the action the sector badly needs 👇

Lovely animation from the team behind the MELD-D research - glad we could play a role in supporting it Prof @nisreenalwan.bsky.social Simon Fraser Michael Boniface Nida Ziauddeen #bepartofresearch @nihr.bsky.social Watch youtu.be/UiiRwuACIIc?... More at www.meldbstudy.org.uk

Thanks to the @hsruk.bsky.social team for the invitation to reflection on how research conversations evolve through - and between - conferences!

The Day Centre Resources Hub has moved The practical tool for day centres and their professional stakeholders has a new website 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/day-cen...

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And thanks to all those involved - on Bluesky @yingxizhao.bsky.social @drpmanc110.bsky.social @emilyfwood.bsky.social @imcdermott.bsky.social @hcrim.bsky.social @elliewildbore.bsky.social @smspooner.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social (and all others whose BSky handles I could not find...)

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Are you interested in what social science research & evidence can contribute to addressing societal and policy challenges? Read our comment pieces from leading social scientists on a range of topics from climate change to productivity to learn more➡️

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The practical tool for day centres and their professional stakeholders has a new website

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The Day Centre Resources Hub has moved | King's College London

Better Health & Care Hub

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After Baroness Casey called for a moment of reckoning for social care similar to what happened for the NHS in 1948, Natasha Curry looks at why social care reform has proven so politically toxic over…

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Can social care ever become a true political priority?

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Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit

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Evidence-based commentary commissioned by the Academy and Campaign from leading academics, policymakers and practitioners.

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Comment and Analysis – Academy of Social Sciences

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Thanks to the @hsruk.bsky.social team for the invitation to reflection on how research conversations evolve through - and between - conferences!

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📣 Newly published #HSRUK blog! In this piece, @damianeh.bsky.social and Dr Yingxi Zhao share their experience of a conversation at our 2025 conference developing into an ongoing research collaboration. A wonderful example of HSR UK in action! Read the full blog here: ⬇️ hsruk.org/hsruk/viewpo...

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