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NIHR Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit

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NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce

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9 May 2025

Roundtable on widening participation and apprenticeships

Report and call for research participants

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1 May 2025

Solving the SEND Crisis

Prof Ian Kessler gave evidence at Westminster

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24 April 2025

An Occupational Therapy lens on Homelessness, Capacity & Executive Function

Latest in the Homelessness series

21 May

A bench with a person's belongings on and about it

Trauma-sensitive assessment practices with the 'Your Story' approach

21 May 2025

Katarzyna "Katy" Krysiak; Emma Stevens

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6 November 2024

Connecting with the Unit

We have added Bluesky to the ways you can stay in touch

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9 April 2025

King's co-leads £5m investment into social care workforce research

New research partnership: ‘Care Work’ project

26 March 2024

The NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce Programme of Work

The Policy Research Unit announces seven new studies commencing in 2024

What is the social care implementation resource

3 April 2025

New tool supports implementation research in social care

Unit researcher Antonina Semkina co-led development of new guide

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Informing policy debates on the health and social care workforce.

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Roundtable on widening participation and apprenticeships