Migration madness as Britain's reliance on foreign care workers detailed

Migration madness as Britain's reliance on foreign care workers detailed

Shocking figures show how firms have become reliant on people from overseas to plug gaping holes in the workforce

Care vacancy rates return to pre-pandemic levels, but war isn’t over yet

New research shows 52,000 people filled social care roles in 2024/25, bringing vacancy rates down to 131,000. Today (July 29th) Skills for Care published their annual ‘Size and structure of the adult social care sector and workforce in England’ report. Its contents cast both an encouraging and concerning backdrop. The findings, which cover the last 12 months to March 2025, reveal vacancy rates fell to 7% – a figure that was seen prior to the Cov…

Calls for higher pay for social care workers

The Government has faced calls for higher pay and better conditions for social care workers as the numbers of British recruits has continued to fall.

Vacancy Rates in Social Care Return to Pre-Covid Levels Report Reveals

Share Post Share Email Social care vacancy rates have returned to pre-Covid levels, according to the latest data from Skills for Care – the workforce development body for adult social care in England. The annual ‘Size and structure of the adult social care sector and workforce in England’ report also found that the adult social care sector has continued to grow between April 2024 and March 2025, despite a signi…