workforce sustainability

Low Pay, Chronic Underfunding Threaten UK Homecare System

Low Pay, Chronic Underfunding Threaten UK Homecare System

Homecare across the UK is facing a crisis, with funding levels so low that legal compliance is challenging, high quality care is increasingly undeliverable, and workforce sustainability is under severe threat, according to The Homecare Deficit 2025, published by the Homecare Association. The report, based on Freedom of Information requests to 276 public bodies, with […]

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Social Care Sector Expands but Qualification Levels Fall, Report Finds

Social Care Sector Expands but Qualification Levels Fall, Report Finds

England’s adult social care sector continues to expand, contributing £77.8 billion to the UK economy in 2024/25, a 12.2% increase on last year, according to the latest Skills for Care report released today (15 October). The annual State of the Adult Social Care Sector and Workforce in England report reveals a 2.2% rise in total

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