Recruitment / Retention – Care Appointments

New data reveals visa applications for key routes to UK drop by 37% in a year

By Anahita Hossein-Pour and Ian Jones, Reporters10th April 2025News England

The number of migrants applying for key visa routes to the UK has dropped by more than third in a year, data shows. Applications covering a total of 772,200 people

Home Office cannot be confident of value of skilled worker visa route – watchdog

By Aine Fox, Reporter17th March 2025News England

The Home Office has made multiple changes to a visa route for skilled workers without fully assessing the impacts and cannot be confident of value for money, a Government spending

New estimate ‘shows scale of exploitation on Wild West care visa route’

By Aine Fox, Reporter13th March 2025News England

An estimate suggesting thousands of care workers have come to the UK in recent years under sponsors whose licences were later revoked is said to demonstrate the exploitation in a

Report highlights retention concern as youngest NHS workers ‘increasingly unhappy’

By Ella Pickover, Reporter20th February 2025News England

The NHS’s ability to retain its Gen Z workers has been called into question after new analysis suggests they are “increasingly unhappy” at work. Analysts said that the future of

Scotland behind schedule on promise to looked after children but target still achievable

By Iain MacDonald6th February 2025News Scotland

A new report has found that unexpected events and systematic barriers have delayed progress on a national promise made to care experienced children, young people and adults. This year marks

Two thirds of charities concerned over winter volunteer availability – survey

By Claire Hayhurst, Reporter9th December 2024News England

Two thirds of charities are concerned about the availability of volunteers over the winter period, with some unable to help due to their own financial hardship from the cost-of-living crisis.

NHS reforms ‘stand no chance’ if recruitment issues are not tackled, nurses warn

By Storm Newton, Reporter2nd December 2024News England

Top nurses have warned that planned Government reforms for the health service “stand no chance” if issues with recruitment and retention in the profession are not addressed. It comes as

Two-thirds of NHS workers surveyed have considered leaving health service

By Alan Jones, Reporter25th November 2024News England

Almost two in three NHS workers have considered looking for other jobs in the past six months, new research suggests. A survey by the GMB union of almost 2,000 workers

Majority think nurses and care workers are not paid enough, poll finds

By Storm Newton, Reporter28th October 2024News England

The majority of people in Britain think nurses and care workers are still not paid enough, a survey has found. The poll of 1,053 British adults, carried out exclusively for

RCN calls for urgent action to tackle workforce exploitation in social care

By Alan Jones, Reporter17th October 2024News England

Nursing leaders are urging the Government to speed up the establishment of an agency to enforce labour standards. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said any delay to the creation

Tag: Recruitment / Retention

Report highlights retention concern as youngest NHS workers ‘increasingly unhappy’

Two thirds of charities concerned over winter volunteer availability – survey

NHS reforms ‘stand no chance’ if recruitment issues are not tackled, nurses warn

Two-thirds of NHS workers surveyed have considered leaving health service

Dorset man jailed for 30 years for attempted murder of nine-year-old girl

Charities warn of record child poverty if two-child benefit cap not scrapped

Celebrations as campaigners welcome court ruling on definition of a woman

US paedophile who flew to Wales to ‘marry’ schoolgirl jailed for more than seven years

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Tag: Recruitment / Retention

New data reveals visa applications for key routes to UK drop by 37% in a year

Home Office cannot be confident of value of skilled worker visa route – watchdog

New estimate ‘shows scale of exploitation on Wild West care visa route’

Report highlights retention concern as youngest NHS workers ‘increasingly unhappy’

Scotland behind schedule on promise to looked after children but target still achievable

Two thirds of charities concerned over winter volunteer availability – survey

NHS reforms ‘stand no chance’ if recruitment issues are not tackled, nurses warn

Two-thirds of NHS workers surveyed have considered leaving health service

Majority think nurses and care workers are not paid enough, poll finds

RCN calls for urgent action to tackle workforce exploitation in social care