Catherine Needham

Research output

Research output per year 2007 2014 2015 2016 2019 2020 2022 2023 2024

• 35 Article
• 5 Book
• 5 Chapter
• 4 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
• 9 More
  • 3 Editorial
  • 2 Other contribution
  • 1 Commissioned report
  • 1 Book/Film/Article review
  • 1 Special issue
  • 1 Review article

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  Making a difference? Attracting new generations into local government 

  Mangan, C., Needham, C., McKenna, D. & Lowther, J., 9 Sept 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Local Government Studies.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2023

  Adult social care: 3 steps to achieve ‘a gloriously ordinary life’

  Glasby, J. & Needham, C., 2023, Academy of Social Sciences.

  Research output: Other contribution

• Forgotten, neglected and a poor relation? Reflecting on the 75th anniversary of adult social care

  Needham, C. & Glasby, J., 30 Oct 2023, The NHS at 75: The State of UK Health Policy. Exworthy, M., Mannion, R. & Powell, M. (eds.). Bristol University Press, p. 197-215 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Implementing England's Care Act 2014: Was the Act a success and when will we know?

  Burn, E., Needham, C., Redgate, S. & Peckham, S., 5 Aug 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Care and Caring.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Including older people in health and social care research: best practice recommendations based on the INCLUDE framework

  Goodwin, V. A., Low, M. S. A., Quinn, T. J., Cockcroft, E. J., Shepherd, V., Evans, P. H., Henderson, E. J., Mahmood, F., Ni Lochlainn, M., Needham, C., Underwood, B. R., Arora, A. & Witham, M. D., 1 Jun 2023, In: Age and Ageing. 52, 6, 9 p., afad082.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Practice Guidelines 100%
  • Delivery of Health Care 65%
  • Organizational Policy 22%
  • Health Services Research 17%
  • Comorbidity 11%
  93 Downloads (Pure)

• Social Care in the UK's Four Nations: Between two paradigms

  Needham, C. & Hall, P., 27 Apr 2023, Policy Press. 224 p. (Sustainable Care)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• ‘They Made an Excellent Start…but After a While, It Started to Die Out’, Tensions in Combining Personalisation and Integration in English Adult Social Care

  Allen, K., Burn, E., Hall, K., Mangan, C. & Needham, C., 1 Jan 2023, In: Social Policy and Society. 22, 1, p. 172-186

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • personalization 100%
  • clinical outcomes 24%
  • health 16%
  • Service delivery 16%
  • stakeholder 12%
  62 Downloads (Pure)
• 2022

  Breaking up is risky business: personalisation and collaboration in a marketised disability sector

  Hummell, E., Borg, S., Foster, M., Fisher, K. & Needham, C., 10 Oct 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Social Policy and Society.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • personalization 100%
  • insurance 86%
  • disability 62%
  • responsibility 49%
  • interview 38%
  80 Downloads (Pure)

• Challenges and adaptations of an intermediary: an exploration of support coordination in the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme

  Hummell, E., Foster, M., Fisher, K., Needham, C., Borg, S. & Venning, A., 13 May 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Care and Caring.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • insurance 100%
  • capacity to work 53%
  • research policy 35%
  • people with disabilities 35%
  • best practice 27%
  82 Downloads (Pure)

• Clients, Consumers or Citizens? The Privatisation of Adult Social Care in England by Hudson, Bob Bristol: Policy Press, 2021. ISBN: 9781447355700; £24.99 (pbk)

  Needham, C., 29 Mar 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Social Policy and Administration.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  108 Downloads (Pure)

• Dealing with drift: Comparing social care reform in the four nations of the UK

  Needham, C. & Hall, P., 5 Sept 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Social Policy and Administration.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • reform 100%
  • veto player 34%
  • funding 33%
  • social insurance 29%
  • population development 24%
  140 Downloads (Pure)

• How do you shape a market? Explaining local state practices in adult social care

  Needham, C., Allen, K., Burn, E., Hall, K., Mangan, C., Al-Janabi, H., Tahir, W., Carr, S., Glasby, J., Henwood, M. & McKay, S., 2 Mar 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Social Policy.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • local authority 100%
  • market 93%
  • type of market 34%
  • act 28%
  • cultural theory 25%
  218 Downloads (Pure)

• Personalisation and collaboration: dual tensions in individualised funding policy for older and disabled persons

  Foster, M., Needham, C., Hummell, E., Borg, S. & Fisher, K., 2 Sept 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Social Policy and Society.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

• Tailored and seamless: Individualised budgets and the dual forces of personalisation and collaboration

  Needham, C., Foster, M., Fisher, K. & Hummell, E., 10 Oct 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Social Policy and Society.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • personalization 100%
  • budget 71%
  • disaggregation 62%
  • funding 61%
  • individualization 50%
  121 Downloads (Pure)

• ‘I do not want to be one of her favourites.’ Emotional display and the co-production of frontline care services

  Mortensen, N. M. & Needham, C., 9 Jan 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Public Management Review.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Co-production 100%
  • coproduction 92%
  • Emotion 60%
  • Display devices 60%
  • Staff 40%
  106 Downloads (Pure)
• 2021

  Organisations adapting to dual aspirations of individualisation and collaboration in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) market

  Griffiths, M., Hummell, E., Fisher, K., Borg, S., Needham, C. & Venning, A., 5 Jun 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Australian Journal Of Public Administration.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • individualization 100%
  • insurance 85%
  • market 50%
  • employment agency 43%
  • disability 41%
  56 Downloads (Pure)

• ‘While you’re there, can you just…’ the emotional labour of role extending in public services

  Needham, C., Griffiths, E. & Mangan, C., 18 Nov 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Public Money & Management.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Emotional Dissonance 100%
  • Emotional Labour 98%
  • Fire Services 97%
  • Emergency Response 86%
  • Add-on 84%
  100 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  Elected Officials in an Era of Austerity: Stewards, Mediators, and Catalysts

  Needham, C., Mangan, C., Bottom, K. & Parker, S., 27 Nov 2020, The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant. Sullivan, H., Dickinson, H. & Henderson, H. (eds.).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • role conception 100%
  • ideal type 85%
  • amateur 81%
  • local public 81%
  • public service 60%

• Self-funders: Still By-Standers in the English Social Care Market?

  Henwood, M., Glasby, J., Mckay, S. & Needham, C., 14 Dec 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Social Policy and Society. p. 1-15

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • market 100%
  • responsibility 77%
  • sales strategy 52%
  • act 47%
  • quality good 42%
  148 Downloads (Pure)

• Self-funders: still by-standers in the English social care system?

  Henwood, M., McKay, S., Glasby, J. & Needham, C., 14 Dec 2020, In: Social Policy and Society.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Shifting Shapes: how can local care markets support personalised outcomes?

  Needham, C., Allen, K., Burn, E., Hall, K., Mangan, C., Al-Janabi, H., Tahir, W., Carr, S., Glasby, J., Henwood, M., McKay, S. & Brant, I., 2 Nov 2020

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  File
  313 Downloads (Pure)

• The neglect of adult social care during covid-19

  Glasby, J. & Needham, C., 12 Aug 2020, In: BMJ. 370, p. m3103 3103.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
• 2019

  Inside co-production: ruling, resistance, and practice

  Bevir, M., Needham, C. & Waring, J., 1 Mar 2019, In: Social Policy and Administration. 53, 2, p. 197-202 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Managerial Discretion

  Needham, C., 1 Sept 2019, Discretion and the Quest for Controlled Freedom. Evans, T. & Hupe, P. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 295-312 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • human being 100%
  • citizen 69%
  • public service 65%
  • welfare 57%
  • Duty of care 50%

• Micro entrepreneurship in the care sector: motives, values and practices

  Hall, K., Needham, C. & Allen, K., 27 Nov 2019, In: Voluntary Sector Review. 10, 3, p. 311–328 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • entrepreneurship 100%
  • spontaneity 61%
  • entrepreneur 49%
  • qualitative interview 49%
  • creativity 40%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  352 Downloads (Pure)

• Negotiated compliance at the street level: Personalizing immunization in England, Israel and Sweden

  Gofen, A., Blomqvist, P., Needham, C., Warren, K. & Winblad, U., Mar 2019, In: Public Administration. 97, 1, p. 195-209

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Sweden 100%
  • Israel 99%
  • vaccination 66%
  • health risk 61%
  • appeal 48%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  299 Downloads (Pure)

• Participatory research meets validated outcome measures: tensions in the co-production of social care evaluation

  Allen, K., Needham, C., Hall, K. & Tanner, D., 1 Mar 2019, In: Social Policy and Administration. 53, 2, p. 311-325 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • coproduction 100%
  • evaluation 39%
  • research practice 20%
  • Social Policy 18%
  • funding 14%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  242 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Best of Both Worlds; Comment on "(Re) Making the Procrustean Bed? Standardization and Customization as Competing Logics in Healthcare"

  Needham, C., Apr 2018, In: International Journal of Health Policy and Management . 7, 4, p. 356-358 3 p., 11.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Illegitimacy 100%
  • Professionalism 92%
  • Respect 75%
  • professionalism 66%
  • Health Services 61%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  150 Downloads (Pure)

• The Goldilocks Question: What Size is 'Just Right' for Social Care Providers?

  Glasby, J., Needham, C., Allen, K., Hall, K. & McKay, S., 1 Mar 2018, In: International Journal of Care and Caring. 2, 1, p. 65-87 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • empirical research 100%
  • public management 69%
  • service provider 55%
  • public service 52%
  • literature 50%
  196 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  'Any one of us could be among that number': Comparing the policy narratives for individualized disability funding in Australia and England

  Needham, C. & Dickinson, H., 1 Jun 2017, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Social Policy and Administration.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • insurance 100%
  • disability 96%
  • funding 95%
  • narrative 85%
  • personalization 77%
  25 Citations (Scopus)

  311 Downloads (Pure)

• The emotional labour of boundary spanning

  Needham, C., Mastracci, S. & Mangan, C., 16 Oct 2017, In: Journal of Integrated Care. 25, 4, p. 288-300 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Democracy 100%
  • Occupational Groups 87%
  • labor 84%
  • citizen 44%
  • public service 41%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  263 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Micro-enterprises and Personalisation: What size is good care?

  Needham, C., Allen, K. & Hall, K., 7 Dec 2016, Policy Press.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • personalization 100%
  • interview 12%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Social Care

  Needham, C., 2016, Sociology for Nurses . Denny, E. (ed.). Polity Press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• The 21st-century public servant: working at three boundaries of public and private

  Needham, C. & Mangan, C., 1 May 2016, In: Public Money & Management. p. 265-272 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Public Servants 100%
  • servants 83%
  • Staff 61%
  • Reflective Practice 54%
  • Workforce Planning 51%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  1604 Downloads (Pure)

• The Boundaries of Budgets: Why should individuals make spending choices about their health and social care?

  Needham, C., 2016, The Three Sector Solution: Delivering public policy in collaboration with not-for-profits and business. Butcher, J. & Gilchrist, D. (eds.). Australian National University Press, (ANZSOG).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Welfare Users and Social Policy

  Needham, C., 2016, The Student's Companion to Social Policy. Alcock, P. (ed.). Wiley-Blackwell

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2015

  Adult social care

  Glasby, J., Miller, R. & Needham, C., 2015, In defence of welfare. Foster, L., Brunton, A., Deeming, C. & Haux, T. (eds.). 2nd ed. Social Policy Association, p. 94-97

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  Open Access

• Balancing the personalisation debate in social care: five reasons why it is so contested

  Glasby, J. & Needham, C., Dec 2015, British Politics and Policy blog

  Research output: Other contribution

• Generating 'good enough' evidence for co-production

  Durose, C., Needham, C., Mangan, C. & Rees, J., 5 Oct 2015, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Evidence and Policy.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • coproduction 100%
  • evidence 36%
  • service provider 19%
  • public service 18%
  • producer 18%
  36 Citations (Scopus)

  538 Downloads (Pure)

• Interpretive Public Administration

  Needham, C., 2015, The Handbook of Interpretive Political Science. Bevir, M. & Rhodes, R. (eds.). Routledge

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Introduction: political branding

  Needham, C. & Smith, G., 19 Mar 2015, In: Journal of Political Marketing. 14, 1-2, p. 1-6 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• Micro-Enterprise: Can Social Innovation Transform Social Care?

  Hall, K., Needham, C. & Allen, K., 2015, In: Salute e Societa. XIV, 1, p. 49-67 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Micro-provision of social care support for marginalized communities - filling the gap or building bridges to the mainstream?

  Needham, C. & Carr, S., 15 Nov 2015, In: Social Policy and Administration. 49, 7, p. 824–841

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • self-organization 100%
  • personalization 91%
  • Group 74%
  • social capital 73%
  • mobilization 70%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  307 Downloads (Pure)

• Personalisation - love it or hate it?

  Needham, C. & Glasby, J., 19 Oct 2015, In: Journal of Integrated Care. 23, 5, p. 268-276 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Hate 100%
  • Love 78%
  • hate 72%
  • Scotland 69%
  • personalization 66%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Service personalization as a response to non-compliance with routine childhood vaccination

  Gofen, A. & Needham, C., 2015, In: Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions, Blackwell Publishing. 28, 3

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Social Welfare Policy: fantasy and assemblage in a personalised welfare state

  Needham, C., 2015, Governmentality after Neo-Liberalism . Bevir, M. (ed.). Routledge

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
• 2014

  Debates in personalisation

  Glasby, J. & Needham, C., 2014, Bristol: Policy Press.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  44 Citations (Scopus)

• Emotionally qualified

  Sawbridge, Y. & Needham, C., 26 Nov 2014, In: Nursing Standard. 29, 13, p. 26-7 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Nursing 100%

• Individual funding for disability support: what are the implications for accountability?

  Dickinson, H., Needham, C. & Sullivan, H., Dec 2014, In: Australian Journal Of Public Administration. 73, 4, p. 417-425 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

  • disability 100%
  • funding 99%
  • responsibility 78%
  • great power 40%
  • insurance 34%
  20 Citations (Scopus)

• Personalisation, personal budgets and citizenship in English care services

  Needham, C., Aug 2014, In: Autonomie Locali e Servizi Sociali. 2, p. 203-220 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • personalization 100%
  • budget 71%
  • citizenship 70%
  • attitude change 33%
  • money 24%