Portrait of Dr Florin Vadean

Dr Florin Vadean

Senior Research Fellow

About

Florin is a member of the management team of the NIHR Adult Social Care Policy Research Unit and social care co-lead to the REAL Supply Research Unit.

Research projects:

  • Workforce Research Partnership in Social Care (2025-2030; NIHR; £5,000,000; Co-I)
  • Adult Social Care Policy Research Unit 2 (2024-2028; NIHR; £5,499,923; Co-I)
  • REAL Supply Research Unit (Phase 1) (2023-2025; Health Foundation; £832,829; Co-I)
  • The Benefits and Costs of Domiciliary Care – Main Phase (2024-2027; NIHR; £1,617,538; PI)
  • The Benefits and Costs of Domiciliary Care – Scoping Phase (2022-2023; NIHR; £180,577; PI)
  • Understanding Impact of an Increase in Adult Social Care Pay on Recruitment and Retention in Scotland (2023-2024; Scottish Government; £10,000; PI)
  • Retention and Sustainability of Social Care Workforce (2019-2022; Health Foundation; £646,805; PI)

Improving the quality of care in care homes by care home staff (2017-2020; NIHR; £712,370; Co-I)

Publications

Last updated 5 August 2025