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Researcher @DSPI_Oxford. Identifying the impacts of privatisation in health and social care services. He/him.
Oct 5, 2022 10 tweets 4 min read
🚨New paper out in @socscimed today!🚨

We find for-profit children's homes deliver worse quality services than council-owned homes.

Privatisation across children's social care worsens Local Authority performance.

#OpenAccess available here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Thread: Image We detail how for-profit children's homes have come to dominate the provision of residential care.

Over 80% of children's homes are now run by for-profit companies...