New research finds outsourcing care homes in England disproportionately disadvantages poorer areas

Outsourcing care homes has compromised the accessibility and quality of care for the most vulnerable, particularly in areas of greatest deprivation, according to new research led by the Department of Social Policy and Intervention at Oxford University and funded by the Nuffield Foundation. The results, published in BMJ Public Health, raise questions about the role of the private for-profit sector in exacerbating the care sector’s ongoing crisis.