Project team
Professor Ann-Marie Towers
Co-lead for the Care Work Partnership; Theme Lead: Wellbeing
Deputy Director, Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London
Professor Karen Spilsbury
Co-lead for the Care Work Partnership; Lead of the OSCAR study
Chair in Nursing, School of Healthcare, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds
Professor Carol Atkinson
Theme Co-lead: Labour supply, demand and markets
Professor of Human Resource Management, Business School, Manchester Metropolitan University
Dr Nadia Brookes
Consultation Lead (Work Package 1)
Reader/Associate Professor Applied Social Care Research, Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent
Tom Brown
Local authority partner
Head of Service Safeguarding, Quality and Practice/Principal Social Worker, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Susan Chandler
Local authority partner
Head of Adult Safeguarding/Principal Social Worker
London Borough of Bexley
Will Fenton
Sector partner
Programme Head for Analytics, Skills for Care
Davina Figgett
Sector partner
Senior Research & Impact Manager, Skills for Care
Naomi Friel
Partnership Project Manager
Project Manager, Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London
Dr Beth Hardy
Researcher, OSCAR study
Research Fellow, Social Care and Development, University of Leeds
Dr Kirsty Haunch
Researcher, OSCAR study
Research Fellow, School of Healthcare, University of Leeds
Bronte Heath
Researcher, OSCAR study
Research Fellow, Social Care and Development, University of Leeds
Rosie Holmes
Local authority partner
Head of HR Transformation Adults and Health, Leeds City Council and NHS Partners
Liz Jones
Community Involvement and Engagement (CIE) team member
Policy Director, National Care Forum
Natalie King
Information Specialist
Information Specialist, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds
Prof Roman Kislov
Knowledge Mobilisation and Implementation Lead
Professor of Health Policy and Management, Business School, Manchester Metropolitan University
Penny Lawlor
Local authority partner
External Care Workforce Development Manager – Innovation & Partnerships, Adult Social Care & Health, Kent County Council
Dr Julie MacInnes
Integration of Health and Social Care Lead
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent
Kate O’Connell
Sector partner
Director of Leeds Health and Care Academy and Leeds Strategic Workforce, hosted by Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust
Laura Parker
Local authority partner
Workforce Development Lead (Adults), Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Krystal Rose
Partnership Project Administrator
Project Administrator, Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London
Dr Kritika Samsi
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Lead; Community Involvement and Engagement (CIE) team member
Senior Research Fellow, Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London
Jessica Scrimshaw
Sector partner
Programme Manager, Partnerships and Workforce Development, Leeds Health and Care Academy
Professor Claire Surr
Community Involvement and Engagement (CIE) Partnership Lead
Director of the Centre for Dementia Research, Leeds Beckett University
Dr Nicky Taylor
Community Involvement and Engagement (CIE) team member
Research Fellow, Centre for Dementia Research, Leeds Beckett University
Professor Carl A Thompson
Theme Lead: Data and Technology
Applied Health Research and Dame Kathleen Raven Chair, Clinical Research. School of Healthcare, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds
Dr Florin Vadean
Theme Co-lead: Labour supply, demand and markets
Senior Research Fellow; Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), University of Kent
Dr Serena Vicario
Researcher
Research Associate, Applied Social Care Research, Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent
Dr Wenjing Zhang
Researcher
Research Fellow, Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London