Number of foreign care worker visa applicants drops 25% in six months
The number of foreign care workers applying for a visa to come to the UK fell by a quarter in six months. Health and care visa applications covering 153,500 people
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Engage: How visas for social care workers may be exacerbating exploitation in the sector
The health and social care visa route was introduced in August 2020 as a response to labour shortages after Brexit and the COVID pandemic. Now, the independent chief inspector of
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Record calls to slavery helpline with potential care sector victims rising by almost third
Calls made to an anti-slavery helpline have reached a record high, with the number of potential victims in the care sector rising by almost a third and the first suspected
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Hospices face ‘devastating’ financial crisis putting end of life services at risk, charity warns
Hospices are facing a “devastating” financial crisis because of rising staff costs which are putting services at risk, a charity has warned. The chief executive of Hospice UK, Toby Porter,
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PM hails ‘positive’ childcare intervention as parents quiz him over nursery capacity and staff
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the Government’s childcare plan was a “really positive intervention” as he was quizzed by working parents over whether the nursery sector had enough places and
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Significant weaknesses found in ‘optimistic’ NHS workforce plan, report says
NHS England has been over-optimistic and there are “significant weaknesses” in its plan for the future of the health service workforce, a report has found. The National Audit Office (NAO)
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Home Office reasons for not consulting on care work visa change ‘unconvincing’
The Home Office’s explanation for not consulting on its ban on foreign care workers bringing family members to the UK was “unconvincing”, a Lords committee said adding that it had
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Health and care visa numbers five times higher than when route was introduced in 2021
The number of people coming to the UK on a health and care visa is more than five times what it was when the route was introduced three years ago,
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Government urged to make extra payments to stop nursing staff leaving NHS
The Government is being urged to make payments worth several thousand pounds on top of salaries to prevent nursing staff leaving the NHS and to tackle a worsening “workforce crisis”.
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Early years charity warns many childcare providers will struggle to meet demand for places
Many childcare providers in England will struggle to meet increased demand for funded places under the Government’s offer, early years leaders have said. Families who do manage to secure a
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