This article examines the changing landscape of public service provision in the UK during
austerity. Austerity is presented through the notions of retrenchment, decentralisation and …

Pese a que los datos son provisionales, al no haberse publicado aún datos oficiales
específicos, España es uno de los países desarrollados más afectados por el virus y uno de …

Good practice on disaster response emphasises the importance of leadership and cohesive
group identities. The COVID‐19 pandemic provided an opportunity to explore how low‐paid …

Objectives Ancillary staff–cleaning, catering, housekeeping and laundry workers–play a
crucial role in care homes, by promoting infection control, food preparation and hygiene, and …

Social work academic literature has consistently documented the detrimental effects of the
neoliberal phase of capitalism on society and has issued calls against it. This paper …

COVID-19 has stressed the condition of radical uncertainty that increasingly characterises
our times and compels cities to learn new ways to cope with unexpected global urban …

The COVID-19 pandemic drew attention to the critical role of building ventilation as a
measure for controlling infection transmission. With the substantial number of COVID-19 …

Background Care homes provide long term care for older people. Countries with
standardised approaches to residents' assessment, care planning and review (known as …

Residential care services are under increasing pressure to lower service provision costs
while maintaining quality of care. Using a translog cost function, this paper examines the …

Suggestions of the existence of so‐called 'social care deserts' in England in the years
leading up to the COVID‐19 pandemic drew attention to the potential impact of geographical …