Care England, the largest and most diverse representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has today submitted evidence to the Department of Health and Social Care’s consultation ...

The government’s new Care Workforce Pathway will “inevitably be overlooked” if it is not adequately funded, Care England has said. As the representative of body for independent providers of adult ...

Plans to halve the amount of government funding for bolstering the social care workforce at a time employers are struggling with retention have been criticised by the care sector. In a policy paper ...

The government must improve the Care Workforce Pathway’s offer to employers in order to secure their “will and efforts”, the Local Government Association has said. The LGA’s response to the government ...

A package of measures to boost the recruitment and retention of care workers has been unveiled, including new qualifications, a career pathway and subsidised training places. For the first time, there ...