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Huge drop in health and social care worker visa applications could ‘destabilise’ sector, leaders warn

Applications for health and social care worker visas drop by 76 per cent year on year

The Independent UK

Care leaders ‘blindsided’ by visa change which ‘could drive workers from sector’

Health Secretary Victoria Atkins previously claimed the social care sector was ‘broadly relaxed’ about a new ban on dependants.

Evening Standard

Social care sector 'broadly relaxed' about visa changes, Health Secretary claims

International care workers will be banned from bringing dependants when they move to the UK under the changes

Evening Standard

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London could be particularly hard hit by care worker visa changes, warns charity boss

Changes for dependants will deter migrant workers who are vital in the capital, Care England says

Evening Standard

UK care home bosses demand next government funds 44% pay rise for staff

Exclusive: Firms call on future PM to introduce £15-per-hour minimum wage for frontline workers

The Guardian - UK

Social care recruitment campaign costing millions branded ‘ineffectual’

The staff vacancy rate is at a record high, with 165,000 vacancies in the social care sector in 2021/22.

The Independent UK

Social care workforce funding cut ‘an insult’ to sector, ministers told

Government announces that £500m pledge for social care workforce will be halved

Evening Standard

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Millions cut from funding commitments for social care

The Government insisted it remains ‘fully dedicated’ to the 10-year vision for adult social care set out in a White Paper at the end of 2021.

The Independent UK

Tories slip out plan to HALVE social care workforce funding as MPs on Easter break

Care minister Helen Whately announced she is slashing the £500million fund that had been promised to improve the recruitment and retainment of social care workers

Daily Mirror

A third of care homes in England have considered closing due to rising energy bills

Care England says there is ‘no justification for charging such financially crippling rates’

The Guardian - UK

We back social care, says minister after report warns sector is ‘on precipice’

It comes as a new research laid out the funding difficulties and workforce challenges faced in adult social care.

The Independent UK

Adult social care sector on the precipice over costs, Care England warns

The charity said more than two in five providers had to close down part of their organisation or hand back contracts due to financial pressures.

The Independent UK

Shortfall of £2.3bn a year in England’s care homes ‘putting people at risk’

Exclusive: Funding hole directly affects elderly people whose bills are entirely or partly paid for by councils

The Guardian - UK

NHS challenges due to ‘failure of successive governments to address social care’

Professor Martin Green, chief executive of Care England, said ministers ‘never, ever understand that they should learn from their mistakes’.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Care providers ask for doubled fees to care for people discharged from hospitals

Care England says current funding is ‘inadequate’ if homes are to pay staff more and manage rehabilitation

The Guardian - UK

Energy firms accused of profiteering with ‘horrendous rates’ for care homes

Exclusive: Care England calls for Ofgem investigation into suppliers’ practices in letter seen by the Guardian

Wales Online

Care sector calls for £5 an hour pay rise to close widening recruitment gap

Care England warns that a multitude of factors will prevent workers from joining the care industry

Wales Online

Boss faces closing down care home as gas bill increases by 1,000 per cent

Joyce Pinfield, who runs Greenacres in Crowle, Scunthorpe, says she does not know how she will afford increased electricity and gas costs

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Daily Mirror

Care home boss terrified for residents' future as gas bill increases by 1,000%

Joyce Pinfield, who runs Greenacres care home in Crowle, near Scunthorpe, is not sure how she'll be able to afford increased electricity and gas costs at her care home

Wales Online

Care home bosses fear they will be crippled by energy bills this winter

Some providers across Greater Manchester admitted they won't be able to pay bills which could soar by 900%

Manchester Evening News

Inside the Greater Manchester care homes where energy bills soar by 900pc and staff are on the brink of despair

'We have the heating on 24 hours a day and that's not negotiable'

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s claim to have reformed social care denounced as ‘one final insult’

‘Tell that to the thousands of people struggling,’ says sector leader

The Guardian - UK

Libraries and museums to be ‘warm havens’ for people struggling with energy bills

Libraries and museums are asking ministers for funding to cope with a rise in the number of visitors seeking shelter

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson’s defence on Covid risk to care homes hit by new revelation

Prime minister had broached issue of asymptomatic transmission publicly with advisers long before testing rules were introduced

The Independent UK

‘Perfect storm’ of Covid and staff shortages leaves care homes unable to take hospital discharges

Hospitals ‘emptying’ themselves ahead of bank holiday will struggle as chronic staff shortages for care home closures

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