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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.

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.

Government will ‘live to regret’ decision to exclude care workers from visa system, Lords warn

Compliance Legislation by Sarah Clarke on July 23, 2020

Lords from across the political divide have pleaded with the government to rethink the immigration rules for care workers.

BREAKING NEWS: Migrant care workers excluded from ‘health and care’ visa system

Compliance Legislation by Sarah Clarke on July 13, 2020

Details of the UK’s new points-based immigration system reveal that there will be no route into the UK for the vast majority of care workers.

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.