Loss of more than 40,000 staff over past six months prompts move to recruit overseas Thousands of additional care workers are to be recruited from abroad to fill chronic gaps in the workforce, the government has announced, after figures showed more tha…
Essential workers thousand of pounds worse off than a decade ago, TUC says
Nurses, care home staff and police officers have had real pay cuts since 2010 as wages lag behind pricesNurses, care home staff and police officers working on Christmas Day will be thousands of pounds worse off than they were a decade ago as a result o…
Coronavirus report warned of impact on UK four years before pandemic
Exclusive: Report from planning exercise in 2016 alerted government of need to stockpile PPE and set up contact tracing systemCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSenior health officials who war-gamed the impact of a coronavirus …
England’s NHS and care services need 1.1m extra staff by 2031, finds study
Health Foundation says government must spend up to £86.4bn more on services to maintain standardsThe NHS and social care services in England will need more than 1.1 million extra staff over the next decade to keep up with growing demand, research sugg…
Care homes urge easing of rules on overseas workers to avert staffing crisis
Over 70,000 care home staff will have to leave sector in November unless they get two Covid jabsCare home leaders are urging the government to lift restrictions on low-paid foreign workers entering the UK to help solve a worsening staffing crisis, whic…
There is nothing in Boris Johnson’s social care plans to rescue providers like us | Mike Padgham
Our sector will receive just £2.9bn over three years. That will do nothing to mitigate decades of underfundingMike Padgham is the managing director of Saint Cecilia’s Care GroupWatching the government’s announcement on Tuesday of a new health and socia…
Attempt to force release of Johnson’s messages on Covid in care homes fails
High court rules that government does not have to disclose potentially explosive WhatsApp textsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe government has successfully resisted disclosure of potentially explosive WhatsApp messages be…
Predatory financial tactics are putting the very survival of the UK care system at risk | Christine Corlet Walker
The competitive, for-profit model means investor returns have become more important than quality care and worker payThe crisis in social care in the UK does not have just one cause, nor one simple solution. Chronic underfunding, an ageing population, t…
Angela Rayner: ‘We don’t want to be an opposition, we want to be a government’
Labour’s deputy leader opens up about being a carer, byelections, and achieving a ‘cultural shift’ in the workplaceLabour’s deputy leader, Angela Rayner, has said her own experience as a care worker helped to convince her more flexible working could be…