Catherine Needham

Oct 24, 2024 | lgiu.org | Catherine Needham |Catherine Mangan |Dave McKenna

SummaryMany studies are done each year on social care. What is missing from most of those studies is the voice of councillors. Whilst councillors are the ultimate decision makers on most aspects of social care in their localities, they are barely mentioned in the academic or practice literature.

Jun 11, 2024 | theconversation.com | Kate Hamblin |Catherine Needham

Despite the fact that it is central to so many people’s lives, too often, social care is an afterthought for UK political parties. In the first TV debate of the 2024 general election, Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer devoted only 36 seconds to this issue. The Liberal Democrats, by contrast, are bucking that trend. Leader Ed Davey has made a strong personal commitment to care, detailing on camera what his role as a carer for his disabled son entails.

Apr 4, 2023 | themj.co.uk | Catherine Needham

By Catherine Needham | 04 April 2023 In 2013 Catherine Mangan and I embarked on new research around workforce change in local public services. Called The 21st Century Public Servant, it was an attempt to understand how work was changing, and what skills, roles and values people needed to survive and thrive in local public service work.