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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Anna Bawden Health and social affairs correspondent

Health groups call for social care minimum wage to avert staffing crisis in England

A care home worker carries a meal to a room
A joint report calls for Labour to crack down on illegal underpayment of wages in the social care sector. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Reuters

A specific minimum wage for social care is needed if England is to avert a staffing crisis, according to leading thinktanks.

Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation have also called for the introduction of of national pay banding to tackle pernicious low pay in adult social care and encourage key workers to stay in the industry.

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