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Social Care

Rethinking services for unpaid carers: Professional practice and policy challenges

Jake Smith considers the kind of support that unpaid carers need to carry on keeping their loved ones safe and cared-for while saving public services billions of pounds.

24th April (23rd April)
  • People and Places

We can’t go on like this – why we need urgent action to secure the future of local government in Wales

Steve Martin argues why we need urgent action to secure the future of local government in Wales.

21st April (22nd April)
  • Politics and Policy

Why Cymru needs a Wellbeing Economy — and how to build it

Oxfam Cymru’s Dr Hade Turkmen outlines why a Wellbeing Economy should be the only option for the new Welsh Government and Senedd.

13th January (9th January)
  • Politics and Policy

Health and the economy: Why devolved health is relevant in this UK General Election

The IWA’s co-director Joe Rossiter considers the role of health and social care in the upcoming General Election.

20th June (20th June)
  • Elections 2024
Picture by Polly Thomas - Darren Hughes argues we need a national conversation on the NHS. The picture features people walking on the Footbridge in Newport.

NHS at 75: We need a national conversation

Any major anniversary is a time of anticipation, celebration and reflection. 5 July, 2023, the 75th anniversary of the National

26th July (25th July)
  • Politics and Policy
Carer and elderly woman

The return of a national service

Dr Huw Dylan Owen discusses options to make care services more sustainable in Wales 

25th May (25th May)
  • Voices
Elderly Woman

Why should gender be taken into account in palliative and end of life care?

Ahead of international Women’s Health Day, Bethan Edwards explains why gender should be taken into account in palliative and end of life care. 

23rd May (22nd May)
  • People and Places

Older People in Wales Are Facing a Housing Disrepair Crisis

Becky Ricketts looks at the challenges, causes and solutions to the housing disrepair crisis targeting our oldest homeowners.

31st January
  • Politics and Policy
Claire Morgan makes the case for bringing unpaid carers and social workers together to innovate social care practice in Wales.

Bringing Unpaid Carers and Social Workers together to Innovate Social Care

Amidst a social care system emergency, Claire Morgan reflects on removing barriers and building trust between unpaid carers and social workers.

24th November (24th November)
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