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This is not good enough. We need a fair deal for social care workers to fix the recruitment and retention crises so agency workers are not required. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/23/english-councils-spent-480m-on-inadequate-care-homes-in-four-years?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Yesterday in the Lords Baroness Pitkeathly passionately made the point that there cannot and should not be cuts to the current social care workforce.

1 in 8 posts is vacant! Social care needs to be recognised and comparable to the work in the NHS.
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At a time where there are 100s of thousands of vacancies in #socialcare and low pay is widespread, the last thing we need is a cut to investment in skills, wellbeing and recruitment.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/17/government-to-cut-250m-from-social-care-workforce-funding-in-england-report-says