Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 1495

Care Workers

Tabled: 24 July 2024
Answered: 2 August 2024

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with social care providers to ensure that the social care sector meets required staffing levels.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Government recognises the scale of reforms needed to make the adult social care sector attractive, to support sustainable workforce growth, and to reduce the reliance on international recruitment. We want it to be regarded as a profession, and for the...
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