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Free webinar to discuss crisis facing migrant care workers

Business Events by Sarah Clarke on April 16, 2021

The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants and the Sustainable Care Research Programme will be discussing the risks that migrants working in the care sector face.

Senior care workers added to Shortage Occupation List in government U-turn

Compliance Legislation by Sarah Clarke on March 8, 2021

The Home Office has added senior care workers to the Shortage Occupation List, despite rejecting calls for this in October.

Immigration policy making it ‘impossible’ to recruit staff from EU, warns live-in care provider

Compliance Legislation by Sarah Clarke on February 23, 2021

Promedica24 said that Post-Brexit rules have led to care providers facing “even greater” difficulties in recruiting a suitable workforce.

Thousands of EU care workers risk losing immigration status as EUSS deadline approaches

Compliance Legislation by Sarah Clarke on January 26, 2021

The government is facing pressure to lift the deadline on the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) or risk "devastating" the care sector.

Social care facing ‘perilously uncertain future’ after Brexit

Intelligence Studies by Lee Peart on January 4, 2021

The report by the Nuffield Trust says barriers to migration, disruption to medicines and economic slowdown could put the UK’s health and care system at risk.

UK heading towards ‘biggest care crisis in decades’, says care director

Business Compliance Finance Legislation by Sarah Clarke on December 15, 2020

Paul Beaney, quality assurance director at Promedica24, fears the new immigration policy will escalate the costs of care services.

Care sector to be among ‘hardest hit’ by new immigration rules, report finds

Compliance Intelligence Legislation Studies by Sarah Clarke on November 4, 2020

The report found that almost 80% of EU social care workers would have been unable to migrate under the new immigration rules.

Home Secretary rejects call to place senior care workers on Shortage Occupation List

Compliance Legislation by Sarah Clarke on October 27, 2020

Home Secretary Priti Patel said that she would not follow the guidance of the MAC review that she commissioned earlier in the year.

BREAKING NEWS: Migrant senior care workers recommended for Shortage Occupation List

Compliance Legislation by Sarah Clarke on September 30, 2020

The Migration Advisory Committee has recommended that senior care workers be placed on the Shortage Occupation List.

Pressure piles on government to add carers on Shortage Occupation List

Compliance Legislation by Sarah Clarke on September 2, 2020

Scotland has joined Wales in urging the government to add care workers to the SOL over fears the social care sector could soon be critically short of staff.

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