Sustainable Care

How do we create a sustainable care system that protects those in care and the people looking after others professionally and in an unpaid capacity? Research within the Faculty of Social Sciences is exploring what our care system looks like and how we can work to make it better for those in care.

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Sustainable Care: Connecting People and Systems

The Sustainable Care Programme works to advance understanding of sources of economic and social sustainability in care, especially how wellbeing outcomes can be achieved for care users, their families and carers and paid care workers.

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One in four working carers considering quitting their job, research shows

University of Sheffield study reveals an estimated 1.6 million working carers in England and Wales are struggling to combine caring responsibilities with their jobs - with women worst affected.

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How our trade deals will impact healthcare access across Europe

Protecting health and healthcare was one of the key issues during the EU referendum in 2016, and now, with the coronavirus crisis still ongoing, it is a crucial part of the trade negotiations. Our new research briefing for UK in a Changing Europe suggests the need for greater transparency to show the implications of the current UK-EU and UK-US trade negotiations for the NHS, and for health more generally.

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A worrying picture: unpaid carers face intolerable pressures during pandemic

Research from the Sustainable Care programme at The University of Sheffield, along with the University of Birmingham, has revealed that unpaid carers are twice as likely to have used a food bank during the pandemic.