Outsourcing adult social care has contributed to England’s care crisis, argue researchers

Published on November 14, 2024

Outsourcing adult social care services in England to the private sector since the 1980s has led to worse care and should be rolled back, argue researchers from the Blavatnik School of Government and the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, Oxford University, in The British Medical Journal today. They suggest that removing the profit motive would help improve quality and reduce inequities. 
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