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Newsletter · By Malcolm Payne · English · Paid tier available · Official site

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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    Therapeutic care environments and late 20th century social work (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="338.6401098901099" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!D0yW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff2e3b87-117a-4bb5-b475-677a552c97

  2. Issue · Sep 16, 2026

    New medical social workers in the 1960s (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="748.8131868131868" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pXyy!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4ef12e75-3832-4ddf-9a70-081e6c7387

  3. Issue · Sep 10, 2026

    Frontline staff in care homes need resources and training to mesh with wider health and social care (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="322.26623376623377" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9gkJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4afbeef2-c3ba-471c-8339-8ee80ca49c4

  4. Issue · Aug 26, 2026

    Responses to child cruelty from the 1880s to the 1950s (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="302.71153846153845" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!F6sK!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F77a61512-4cf6-47f3-8c56-718be2085

  5. Issue · Aug 25, 2026

    Issues in 1950s residential care: sex, schooling, staffing and social work (opens the original)

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