Dr José Luis Fernández

José Luis is Director and Associate Professorial Research Fellow at CPEC, LSE. He is also Director of the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Adult Social Care (ASCRU).

A health and social care economist, José Luis specialises in ageing-related policies, the interaction between health and social care, and the economic evaluation of health and social care systems and services. He has been involved in several high-profile reviews of the social care funding system in England, as well as acting as specialist adviser to the House of Commons Health Select Committee’s Inquiry on social care.

In 2010, he co-founded the International Long-term care Policy Network (ILPN), which links academics and policy makers on the analysis of long-term care. He has also advised bodies such as the English Department of Health and Social Care, the UK Treasury, the European Commission, the Asian Development Bank, and the World Health Organization.

Expertise

Long-Term Care Economics, Funding Systems, Care Integration, Ageing Policies, Simulation Modelling, Consumer-Directed Care, Analysis of Administrative Data for Evaluation