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Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (LSE)
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Leading research centre in long-term (social) care, mental health, developmental disability & other health issues to inform & influence global policy & practice.
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🤔Can AI understand meaning? What happens when AI tries to do qualitative research?💻

These are the questions addressed at the next GOLTC webinar, Wednesday 10th Dec 4pm-5:30pm.

Make sure to register now for this timely and thoughtful discussion!
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Webinar: Can AI Understand Meaning? Exploring LLMs in Qualitative Research. 10 December 2025 | GOLTC
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November 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Join us for a webinar on:
Older Persons, Disabilities and Social Protection in African contexts

🗓️ 07 November
🕰️ 15.00-16.30 SAST, 13.00–14:30 GMT
Register here: lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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NEW WORKING PAPER PUBLISHED
'The evidence on outcomes of rehabilitation and reablement support: a rapid literature review', looking at existing studies to suggest where future research could address gaps and weaknesses in the evidence base. @nihr.bsky.social eprints.lse.ac.uk/130034/
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November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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💻Join us tomorrow, 2-3:30, for a virtual webinar organised by @nihr.bsky.social's ASCRU team, showcasing social care research in the NIHR Policy Research Units.
💡The webinar is free to attend, but will focus on informing DHSC policy makers.
☑️Register here: lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Social Care Research in NIHR Policy Research Units. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
The NIHR Policy Research Unit in Adult Social Care (ASCRU) organises a webinar series which aims to showcase ongoing social care research in NIHR Policy Research Units. The webinars are held online, o...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Calling CEOs, directors & managers of live-in care in England! Take part in our LIVE-DEM survey, the UK’s largest study on live-in care for people whose primary support need is dementia.
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#DementiaCare #LiveInCare #HealthResearch
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October 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Adolescents facing high adversity had fewer mental-health problems when their families received Bolsa Família cash transfers.
Social protection can buffer the effects of poverty but lasting gains need coordinated action
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Can cash transfers protect mental health? Evidence from an observational cohort of children and adolescents living in adverse contexts in Brazil | European Psychiatry | Cambridge Core
Can cash transfers protect mental health? Evidence from an observational cohort of children and adolescents living in adverse contexts in Brazil - Volume 68 Issue 1
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October 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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🚨 VACANCY: CPEC Centre Manager!
🌟 If you have strong management skills, enjoy working collaboratively whilst leading a team, and feel passionate about having an impact in social care then apply now online!
🗓️ Deadline 12 October!
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September 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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New research by Sam Rickman @cpeclse.bsky.social finds that #AI tools (LLMs) can downplay #women’s #health needs compared to men’s in ways that could exacerbate #inequality.

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AI and social care: How LLMs downplay women’s health needs
AI tools are used in the delivery of public health and social care services. They reduce paperwork and save time - but they can also introduce a gender bias?
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September 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Join us on 19 November for a joint webinar with the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing focused on brain health, prevention & future care needs.

@hdemnitzking.bsky.social and Prof Naaheed Mukadam will present their #denpruQM work.

More info ⬇️
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September 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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🌟Brilliant follow up on our recent research on #GenderBias of #AI in #SocialCare.
⏱️10 min read, exploring the nuances of the role of AI in supporting workforce, cost implications, as well as the 'real-world' human impact and how evidence-based decision making is what's needed.
lseinequalities.bsky.social LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · Sep 10
AI tools are used in the UK’s public services to reduce paperwork and save time. But in social care contexts, LLMs can downplay women’s health needs compared to men’s, finds Sam Rickman. See our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog

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AI and social care: How LLMs downplay women’s health needs
AI tools are used in the delivery of public health and social care services. They reduce paperwork and save time - but they can also introduce a gender bias?
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September 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Join us for the first webinar of the ESSENCE-III project, exploring how economic modelling can support better choices in social care + Q&A session
🗓️Mon, Sept 29th, 12–1💻
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#SocialCare #HealthEconomics #EconomicModelling #ESSENCEproject #NIHR @nihrsscr.bsky.social
“Promotional flyer for a webinar titled ‘Economic modelling to support decision making in social care: How can we make smarter decisions in social care with limited resources?’ Speakers are Dr Michela Tinelli, Helen Weatherly, and Ana Duarte. The moderator is Professor Martin Knapp. The webinar will be held online via Zoom on Monday, September 29th, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM (GMT+1 / London). Organised by LSE Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC) in collaboration with the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).”
August 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Social Care Reform in England: Taking stock and setting the agenda! We're uploading recent GOLTC webinar like this insightful session on the state of #SocialCare in England, the reforms, the debates and the real life cost.
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A promotional title slide for the webinar, featuring the GOLTC (Global Observatory of Long Term Care) logo. White text on a blue background reads: SOCIAL CARE REFORM IN ENGLAND: Taking stock and setting the agenda Social Care Reform in England Interest Group Webinar ◦ The state of Social Care in England (Simon Bottery, (King's Fund and Natasha Curry, Nuffield Trust) ◦ How did we get here? An overview of social care reform proposals and debates in England (Richard Humphries, Health Foundation) ◦ When reform stalls: The real-life cost for people who draw on care and support, (Clenton Farquharson, Think Local Act Personal) Recording online: https://shorturl.at/EZvL5
August 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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🤔For a breakdown of our new research into how #GenderBias of #AITools in #SocialCare could lead to unequal care provision for men and women, listen back to Dr Rickman in conversation with Naga Munchetty on @bbc5live.bsky.social yesterday! 1:29:00 onwards! 🎧
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August 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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New research from CPEC researcher Dr Sam Rickman shows that #AI used by over half of England’s local authorities may be introducing #GenderBias into #SocialCare decisions.
Findings covered today in @theguardian.com and published in @bmc.springernature.com
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AI tools used by English councils downplay women’s health issues, study finds
Exclusive: LSE research finds risk of gender bias in care decisions made based on AI summaries of case notes
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August 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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📣 Come and join our amazing team!

We're looking to recruit an inspirational Course Tutor in Psychology to join the team supporting our leading BSc in Psychological and Behavioural Science.

ℹ️ The appointment is fixed term for two years.

⏱️ Closing deadline: 25 August 2025

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August 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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🗨️Policies, procedures and best practices often represent 'work as imagined', providing a framework for care delivery. However, frontline clinicians operate in dynamic environments where unexpected challenges arise.🗨️

A new blog featured on the hub today⬇️
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Patient barcode scanning in NHS hospitals: safety, snags and workarounds. A nurse’s perspective
Claire Cox, Patient Safety Learning’s Associate Director, talks about the opportunities to improve patient safety and the risks associated with the use of barcode technology in healthcare
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August 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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New upload! An insightful GOLTC webinar on approaches to monitor, compare, and improve the quality of #longtermcare.
'Making Quality Visible: Balancing #safety and #clinical indicators and #patient-reported outcome indicators and narratives.'
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A promotional title care for the webinar. The title reads: 'MAKING QUALITY VISIBLE: Balancing safety and clinical indicators and patient-reported outcome indicators and narratives.' The line underneath advertises it as a 'GOLTC QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INTEREST GROUP WEBINAR'. The speaker details are given underneath: • Introduction to the webinar topic (Prof. Henk Nies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) • The use and nature of clincal and safety indicators in long-term care (Dr. Mircha Poldrugovac, Amsterdam University, National Institute of Public Health of Slovenia) • The use of narratives to monitor and improve quality in long-term care (Prof. Anne Margriet Pot, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Dutch Health Care Inspectorate) • Reflection and Discussion (Sharron Reynolds, Care Inspectorate - Scotland, UK) The GOLTC logo is at the bottom and a link to the recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2fKX9tgyMI
August 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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New GOLTC recording! Catch up with this #multidisciplinary workshop on progress towards #deinstitutionalization for people with #disabilities and older people with care needs, exploring tools to map #communitybased care and #supportservices. @adelinacohe.bsky.social
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A promotional flyer for the webinar. It reads: Community based care resources for people with disabilities and older people with care needs. Moderated by Stefania Ilinca (WHO) & Adelina Comas-Herrera (GOLTC) and featuring European Disability Forum, ILO, Global Disability Fund Recording available now: https://www.youtube.com/wa It features the logos of the different organisations for each of the presenters involved.
August 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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📢 Help shape the Alzheimer's Research UK Conference 2026! Share your ideas on topics, formats, and more for the 24–25 Feb event in Manchester & online @alzheimersresearchuk.org

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Help Shape Alzheimer’s Research UK Conference 2026
Help shape ARUK Conference 2026. Share your ideas on topics, formats, and more for the 24–25 Feb event in Manchester and online. Take the survey.
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August 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Join forces with LSE + UCL researchers tackling pharmaceutical economics. 💡

Research Fellow position at #LSEHealth examining how cardiovascular innovations reach patients. International collaboration + policy impact. 📚

Apply now before 7 September: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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August 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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☀️ The seasonal summer break can be a great time to look back at sessions you might have missed during term. We've uploaded some past webinars to our YouTube so you can catch up! 💻 @adelinacohe.bsky.social
First up! 'Intelligent #PainAssessment in #LongtermCare'
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GOLTC: Intelligent Pain Assessment in Long-term care
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August 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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💻Register now to join CPEC researcher Nicola Brimblecombe and her colleagues for the online launch of their new book 'Care Poverty and Unmet Needs: Inequalities in Theory and Practice', part of the #TransformingCare book series!📚
🗓️10th Sept, 2-3.
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: TCN Book Seminar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: TCN Book Seminar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
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July 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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We're looking for articles for a special journal issue on loneliness – the prevalence of it, how we can improve social connection and how we can mitigate the health impacts.

Find out more and submit your article by 15 January 2026 👇

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RSPH | Perspectives in Public Health
Perspectives in Public Health is the RSPH bi-monthly peer-reviewed journal and available to all RSPH members
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July 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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🗓️Get your diaries out! The schedule of autumn GOLTC webinars is up!🍂
Themes including #Covid19 #AI #DementiaCare #PainManagement #SocialCarePolicy #Inequalities #QualitativeResearch - There's something for everyone!
Find out more and register: goltc.org/news/
A table on a blue background, with the GOLTC connected globe logo. The table shows the dates and titles of upcoming webinars, and the message at the bottom says 'Join us!' The sessions are: 09-Sep - What can England learn from the Covid-19 pandemic experience of other Long-Term Care systems? 17-Sep - Future-Proofing the Workforce: Emerging Skills Needs in Long-Term Care 23-Sep - Al for Agitation: Predicting behavioural distress in dementia care 01-Oct - Continence Assessment in residential long-term care 07-Oct - Evidence-based pain management 14-Oct - China's Integrated Medical and Social Care Policy: effect on functional dependency and care needs 22-Oct - Unmet need, inequalities and care poverty (UNICAP) Interest Group 05-Nov - Qualitative Process Tracing in Health and Social Care Research
July 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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New paper on the association between fuel poverty (FP) and the development on long-term care needs. FP is multidimensional and as such, influences the development of care needs from many fronts. #costofliving #prevention 🥶🏡💵
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Long-term Care Needs and Fuel Poverty among Older People: Beyond Energy Consumption and Affordability - Social Indicators Research
Both financial disadvantage and poor housing conditions are recognised as social determinants of poorer health and health inequalities across and within countries. In the UK and some other nations, lo...
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July 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM