Catherine Needham is Professor of Public Policy and Public Management at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham.  Her research focuses on social care (including personalisation, co-production, personal budgets, older people, care workforce, care markets). She has published a wide range of articles, chapters and books for academic and practitioner audiences.  Her most recent book was published by Policy Press in 2023 and entitled Social Care in the UK’s Four Nations: Between two Paradigms.