Migration Advisory Committee News

NCF responds to MAC review of impact of ending free movement on social care

Leaders People Recruitment by Sarah Clarke on November 9, 2021

The National Care Forum (NCF) has responded to the Migration Advisory Committee’s review of the impact of the ending of free movement for social care. The consultation, which closed on October 29, was commissioned by the government

BREAKING NEWS: MAC to review impact of immigration changes on adult social care workforce

Compliance Legislation by Sarah Clarke on July 8, 2021

The Home Office has commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee to review the impact of new immigration rules on the social care workforce.

Funding, not immigration, solution to recruitment crisis, government advisor says

Compliance Funding Legislation by Lee Peart on June 24, 2021

The advisor said politicians understand that they can’t fill the vacancies in social care with the current pay and conditions on offer.

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.

Care workers ‘essential’ to Shortage Occupation List, says Welsh Government

Human Resources People Recruitment by Sarah Clarke on July 7, 2020

The government said a decision not to add care workers to the list would “compound the significant challenges” the sector already faces.

Have your say on the Shortage Occupation List review, UKHCA urges

Uncategorized by Sarah Clarke on May 15, 2020

The UKHCA said this is an “important opportunity” to advise the Migration Advisory Committee of the need for social care to be able to recruit staff from abroad.