Prof Ann-Marie Towers

Professor and Deputy Director. Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit. The Policy Institute, King’s College London. Tweets my own.

[Prof Ann-Marie Towers @AmmTowers]

Do you work in #socialcare?
Are you interested in research?
Did you know that research is for everyone and you don't have to leave the job you love?

You can wear multiple hats!

Pathways between practice and research in Adult Social Care https://t.co/YW3uVtzJ8l via @YouTube

[Prof Ann-Marie Towers @AmmTowers]

Great to see @hscwru Director @AnnetteBoaz on the panel at Better Health and Care Futures hub event today. Topic? Careforce.

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Last day in the Virginia Woolf building

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@blimeysimon Agreed!

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@LeedsNiche What a great team!

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Celebrating our achievements and progress through research-practice partnerships @NCFCareForum @ResearchKent

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Gina Walton from KCC kicking off our celebration conference for @ResearchKent . The programme funded by @NIHRresearch aimed to build research capacity in adult social care. Can’t believe it’s been four years! 🎉

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@finnturnerberry @NCFCareForum @KingsCollegeLon @UniversityLeeds Thanks Finn! So pleased to be working with you all ☺️

[National Institute for Health and Care Research @NIHRresearch]

£24 million has been invested into 5 innovative new research partnerships designed to tackle major challenges facing NHS and social care staff. The partnerships will develop and test innovations to improve the quality of health and social care services – improving staff retention and tackling issues such as workplace stress and high staff turnover.
https://t.co/zyoU0lPTu9

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@HGSSport Oh dear boys 😅

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Many congratulations to everyone but a special mention to our @hscwru Unit Director @AnnetteBoaz 👏🏻🍾🥂

[National Institute for Health and Care Research @NIHRresearch]

❗We are pleased to announce the latest cohort of Senior Investigators.

This new cohort signals NIHR’s ongoing commitment to broadening participation in health and care research leadership. This includes notable regional growth in Yorkshire and the Humber and the South West and expansion across universities with 3 appointments from former polytechnics.

See the full list of awardees: https://t.co/lBaqAqqs3R

[HSCWRU @hscwru]

📢 We are looking for a PROJECT MANAGER for the NIHR Social Care Workforce Research Partnership project, led by Prof @AmmTowers
Full time post.
Closing: 28-Mar-2025
Details 👇
https://t.co/BIr9ZKiVZ8

[Prof Ann-Marie Towers @AmmTowers]

Not too late to register for this NIHR webinar about improving #socialcare for #seldomheard groups tomorrow with the fantastic @MonicaLeverton and Jess Harris from @hscwru
https://t.co/MYo4N7zEvK

[KalpaKharicha @KalpaKharicha]

Why was there low engagement from adult social care with the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders scheme btn June 2023 – March 2024? Insights from key stakeholders in our new report👇@hscwru https://t.co/r3t87aBULv Thanks to all who shared their views and experiences

[Care and Outcomes Research Centre - COReC @COReC_kent]

New Tool available from the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit @ascot_pssru - ASCOT-WORKFORCE: resources for people working in adult #socialcare This tool measures care work related quality of life! More info here: https://t.co/myeDT5yjXJ @AmmTowers

[Prof Ann-Marie Towers @AmmTowers]

NEW @ascot_pssru tool measuring the care work-related QoL of the #socialcare #workforce. The ASCOT-Workforce was used in the national wellbeing survey of the ASC workforce and tested with care workers, social workers, OTs, PAs, and nurses working in ASC.
https://t.co/FE6V54CDkX

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NEW PAPER @DACHA_Study @DrStaceyRand
Assessing the feasibility of measuring residents’ quality of life in English care homes and the construct validity and internal consistency of measures completed by staff proxy: a cross-sectional study https://t.co/G2pUTKhOfp

[Prof Ann-Marie Towers @AmmTowers]

Closing date 29 January 2025. Still time to apply. Really nice project and fantastic team. We'd like to hear from #postdocs and those nearing completion of #PhD in a closely related discipline/field. Esp those with experience in #health #socialcare in the community

[Prof Ann-Marie Towers @AmmTowers]

Come join @MonicaLeverton @AnnetteBoaz and I at @hscwru with this new exciting Research Associate role! Plus you'll benefit from the additional expertise of project team member @M_Wilberforce 🥳https://t.co/JQqcaH8kK8

[Jenni Burton 💙💚 @JenniKBurton]

Thanks @NIHRresearch for enabling @DACHA_Study - results now #openaccess in @Age_and_Ageing https://t.co/eQya6vU4mF Working with @HealthFdn @NCFCareForum & colleagues to link #carehome records with administrative data led by @adamgordon1978 @AmmTowers @HDEMCOP #datachangeslives

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@jackiecassell @LucyGoBag @UKHSA @DorinaCadar @CHSS_Kent @SussexUni @uniofbrighton @DrElizabethFord @DementiaUK @Time4Dementia @BSMS_CDS I watched people processed through A&E like it was a war zone last wk - triaged and assessed in waiting room, care delivered in full view of strangers, no privacy or dignity. No attempt to zone in major assessments - terrified what we’d catch while there all night. 😩

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Sad to end my morning walk today! 🐶