Health and Social Care
Sumanta Roy and Ravi Thiara consider the impact of the pandemic on Black and minoritised VAWG survivors and the organisations that support them. …Read more
Clare Bambra, Luke Munford, Sam Khavandi and Natalie Bennett, authors of 'Northern Exposure', discuss the parallel pandemics that struck the north of England so much harder than elsewhere, both in terms of mortality, health and economics.…Read more
Safak Tartanoglu Bennett and Sian Moore consider the change in the backdrop to this new winter of discontent and highlight how inequality has increased, trade union composition has shifted and strikes are no longer simply about pay. …Read more
John Clarke discusses our multiple current crises and considers how the term permacrisis reminds us just how multifaceted and unstable society currently is.…Read more
Louise Hardwick, Molly Hardwick and Aidan Worsley research what it's like to live through austerity while on disability benefits and highlight how harmful policies consign disabled people to lives of ongoing suffering. …Read more
Transforming Society's most read articles from 2022, brought to you by Bristol University Press and Policy Press.…Read more
On Transforming Society, Fiona Corby and Rob Creasy, discuss the dangers of poor housing conditions, specifically the growing problem of dampness. They draw on the recent case of Awaab Ishak, aged two, who died as a consequence of exposure to mould in his family’s one-bedroom flat. …Read more
Kim, a participant in the Covid Realities research project talks about her experience as a disabled wife and mother to four sons during the pandemic. …Read more
Richard Humphries addresses the current failures of the adult social care system in the United Kingdom. The government's focus on social and economic progress and its unwillingness to invest in social care reform has resulted in policy neglect, unmanageable waiting lists, and a crisis within the care system. …Read more
In keeping with the themes of this year's 'International Eradication of Poverty Day', Anna Tarrant considers the impact of poverty on fathers and looks at the ways society can support fatherhood and challenge negative stereotypes. …Read more