Social care staff need 41% pay rise to earn same as NHS counterparts – report
2 years ago

Social care staff need 41% pay rise to earn same as NHS counterparts – report

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Social care staff need a “staggering” pay rise of 41% on average to earn the same amount as their NHS counterparts, research suggests. The report, Unfair to Care 2022-2023, found that the pay gap between social care and the NHS has reduced by an average of 1.5% a year since the last general election. The report is calling on the Government to give an “immediate and fair” pay rise to all frontline social care workers. “When delivered alongside other progressive reforms, it will be making its rhetoric of levelling up an absolute reality in the most profound of ways.” Phil Hope, co-chairman of the Future Social Care Coalition – an alliance of more than 100 people and organisations, said: “Unfair To Care shows us that the recruitment and retention crisis in social care is here to stay for an entire generation unless the Government takes serious action to fix social care.

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Budget changes will leave disabled and elderly without care as struggling providers go under, experts warn
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Budget changes will leave disabled and elderly without care as struggling providers go under, experts warn

The Independent  

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2.8% public sector pay proposal ‘just the start of the process’, says minister
4 weeks, 1 day ago

2.8% public sector pay proposal ‘just the start of the process’, says minister

The Independent  

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Wes Streeting launches crackdown to stop 'rip off' agencies charging NHS hospitals 'eye-watering sums' for temporary workers - as costs total £3billion a year
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Wes Streeting launches crackdown to stop 'rip off' agencies charging NHS hospitals 'eye-watering sums' for temporary workers - as costs total £3billion a year

Daily Mail  

A major crackdown will stop ‘rip off’ agencies charging the NHS £3billion a year for temporary workers. Health Secretary Wes Streeting accused firms of luring NHS employees away from permanent roles with the promise of more pay and fuelling staff shortages Under new proposals, trusts would be banned from using agencies to hire temporary entry level workers in bands two …

Care home tycoon threatens legal action over Reeves’s ‘devastating’ tax raid
2 months ago

Care home tycoon threatens legal action over Reeves’s ‘devastating’ tax raid

The Telegraph  

Mr Kilgour said he had started drawing up plans to reduce investment across his string of care homes since Ms Reeves announced the tax changes at her maiden Budget last month. That is a real fear of mine.” Growth fears As well as pursuing legal action against the Government, Mr Kilgour is also preparing to write to allies of Health …

Care providers will be pushed 'to the brink' by National Insurance hike, ministers warn
2 months, 1 week ago

Care providers will be pushed 'to the brink' by National Insurance hike, ministers warn

Daily Mail  

Care providers will be pushed 'to the brink' by the failure to exempt them from a national insurance rise, ministers have been warned. Chancellor Rachel Reeves was last night accused by leading industry figures of 'forgetting about care' in Labour's quest to revive the NHS Ms Reeves hiked NI contributions by 1.2p and reduced the salary threshold in order to …

NHS receives major Budget boost but ‘lacklustre’ social care settlement will hit councils, experts warn
2 months, 1 week ago

NHS receives major Budget boost but ‘lacklustre’ social care settlement will hit councils, experts warn

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PM: Not possible to build an NHS for the future without fixing social care
3 months, 3 weeks ago

PM: Not possible to build an NHS for the future without fixing social care

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Reeves warned she faces £8.6bn annual bill to save ‘broken’ social care sector
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Reeves warned she faces £8.6bn annual bill to save ‘broken’ social care sector

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It’s time to cut out the NHS middle man
5 months ago

It’s time to cut out the NHS middle man

The Independent  

Having retired as a nurse from the NHS last year with 20-plus-years service, the trend towards employing an increasing number of senior managers, directors and managers has finally come home to roost. David Kennedy Address supplied No more ‘free money’ for pensioners like me I started receiving the winter fuel payment about 10 years ago when still in professional employment, …

Starmer told to let tens of thousands of pensioners foot bill for social care
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Starmer told to let tens of thousands of pensioners foot bill for social care

The Telegraph  

Labour has been urged to let tens of thousands of pensioners foot the bill for social care costs by delaying reforms, as councils face a £30bn funding blackhole. England’s largest councils have warned Sir Keir Starmer that without more money, reforms to prevent people from being forced to sell their homes to pay for care are “impossible”. But the County …

England’s largest councils call for delay to adult social care costs cap amid £30bn funding ‘black hole’
5 months, 3 weeks ago

England’s largest councils call for delay to adult social care costs cap amid £30bn funding ‘black hole’

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Rapid hospital discharges are leaving patients with more complex social care needs when they get home
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Rapid hospital discharges are leaving patients with more complex social care needs when they get home

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Streeting promises social care costs cap despite absence from Labour manifesto
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Streeting promises social care costs cap despite absence from Labour manifesto

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Hidden cost of Labour’s social care plans revealed
9 months ago

Hidden cost of Labour’s social care plans revealed

The Telegraph  

Labour’s plans to hand trade unions greater powers to bargain for social care workers’ pay are expected to cost billions of pounds, The Telegraph can reveal, raising questions over where the money would come from. Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, is committed to establishing a fair pay agreement in the sector, under which state-backed collective bargaining would take place …

Social care crisis laid bare as quarter of NHS beds occupied by dementia patients
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Social care crisis laid bare as quarter of NHS beds occupied by dementia patients

The Independent  

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Social care workforce departures show ‘leaky bucket which needs urgent repair’
1 year, 2 months ago

Social care workforce departures show ‘leaky bucket which needs urgent repair’

The Independent  

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Long-term work sickness absence ‘a serious fiscal threat’ to UK
1 year, 3 months ago

Long-term work sickness absence ‘a serious fiscal threat’ to UK

The Independent  

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Social care funding ‘will relieve hard-pressed councils and struggling staff’
1 year, 5 months ago

Social care funding ‘will relieve hard-pressed councils and struggling staff’

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Vital NHS services face cutbacks as government excludes thousands of workers from pay deal
1 year, 7 months ago

Vital NHS services face cutbacks as government excludes thousands of workers from pay deal

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‘I sit and cry every day’: How the care system is failing those in need
1 year, 8 months ago

‘I sit and cry every day’: How the care system is failing those in need

The Independent  

The social care system is a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of sick, elderly and disabled people and their families, and the NHS relies on it to be able to admit patients to hospital. Now The Independent can reveal some of the effects the crisis is having including: A wife caring for her husband 24 hours a day had to …

UK govt, health unions agree pay deal in bid to end NHS strikes
1 year, 9 months ago

UK govt, health unions agree pay deal in bid to end NHS strikes

Firstpost  

London: The UK government and unions representing various health workers in England said Thursday they have agreed a deal to increase pay by 5 percent in the next financial year, potentially ending damaging strikes. The package, impacting around one million National Health Service staff, will also include a further 2.0 per cent rise to this year’s salaries and a one-off …

Public sector workers could see 3.5% pay rise after departmental submissions
1 year, 10 months ago

Public sector workers could see 3.5% pay rise after departmental submissions

The Independent  

More than one million public sector workers, including police officers and NHS staff, could be in line for a 3.5% pay rise following submissions by UK Government departments to the pay review process. The DfE, in its submission to the School Teachers’ Review Body, said: “The department’s view is that an award of 3.5% will be manageable within schools’ budgets …

Tory ministers ‘looking to privatise’ NHS, says union boss
1 year, 11 months ago

Tory ministers ‘looking to privatise’ NHS, says union boss

The Independent  

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Strikes UK latest news: Steve Barclay says ‘patients will pay the price’ as nurses prepare to walk out
1 year, 11 months ago

Strikes UK latest news: Steve Barclay says ‘patients will pay the price’ as nurses prepare to walk out

The Independent  

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NHS challenges due to ‘failure of successive governments to address social care’
2 years ago

NHS challenges due to ‘failure of successive governments to address social care’

The Independent  

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NHS pay deal hopes rise as ministers consider backdated pay boost
2 years ago

NHS pay deal hopes rise as ministers consider backdated pay boost

The Telegraph  

Hopes of an NHS pay breakthrough have been raised, with ministers considering whether an extra boost for three months could bring an end to the dispute. Steve Barclay, the Health Secretary, has also agreed to look at making a one-off “cost of living” payment to staff following talks with union chiefs on Monday. Over the weekend, the Health Secretary’s stance …

Rishi Sunak told care system at risk of collapse if workers not paid as much as nurses
2 years ago

Rishi Sunak told care system at risk of collapse if workers not paid as much as nurses

The Telegraph  

Rishi Sunak has come under Tory pressure to give care workers a pay rise – just as he is refusing demands to increase nurses’ pay. Damian Green, the former First Secretary of State, said Britain’s care system was at risk of collapse unless care workers were paid as much as nurses. Mr Green, the chairman of the all-party parliamentary group …

NHS staff to be offered fast-tracked pay rise in bid to end strikes
2 years ago

NHS staff to be offered fast-tracked pay rise in bid to end strikes

The Telegraph  

Striking NHS workers will be offered a fast-tracked pay deal next year in a government attempt to break the deadlock with health unions. As paramedics and ambulance crews took to picket lines across England and Wales on Wednesday, a source close to Steve Barclay, the Health Secretary, said he was keen to “speed up the process” of giving NHS staff …

NHS chiefs discuss charging wealthy patients in Scotland in bid to plug £1bn hole
2 years, 1 month ago

NHS chiefs discuss charging wealthy patients in Scotland in bid to plug £1bn hole

The Telegraph  

Wealthy patients would start paying for NHS care in Scotland under proposals secretly discussed by health board chiefs to tackle a “billion pound hole” in their budget. “Despite Humza Yousaf’s protestations, the privatisation of Scotland’s NHS seems to be under active consideration by the SNP.” The minutes, which were marked “in confidence not for onward sharing”, said that the group …

NHS forced to pay high rates for agency staff ‘to keep patients safe’
2 years, 1 month ago

NHS forced to pay high rates for agency staff ‘to keep patients safe’

The Independent  

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Social care promise in doubt as Rishi Sunak ‘to delay cap on costs until 2025’
2 years, 1 month ago

Social care promise in doubt as Rishi Sunak ‘to delay cap on costs until 2025’

The Independent  

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NHS wants ANOTHER £7billion
2 years, 2 months ago

NHS wants ANOTHER £7billion

Daily Mail  

Bosses of the ailing NHS want billions more cash to keep key services running this winter as Rishi Sunak rules out cutting its budget as part of the public spending squeeze. For 2021/22 the Treasury said the health service is set to receive £136.1billion pounds of core funding, as well as £3billion to help with the Covid recovery The NHS …

Thousands more children set to be taken into care as council social work budgets cut
2 years, 2 months ago

Thousands more children set to be taken into care as council social work budgets cut

The Independent  

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Why record numbers of healthy patients are stuck in hospital
2 years, 2 months ago

Why record numbers of healthy patients are stuck in hospital

The Telegraph  

It comes amid pressure on Liz Truss to detail plans to divert billions of pounds to social care. “For these figures to be so bad during the summer suggests we could be heading into a real crisis in the winter, because there’s an obvious risk that as the pressures on the NHS and social care intensify, delayed discharges could get …

Coffey promises £500 million ‘down payment’ for social care over winter
2 years, 3 months ago

Coffey promises £500 million ‘down payment’ for social care over winter

The Independent  

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Thousands of foreign workers to fill health and social care staffing shortages under governemnt plan
2 years, 4 months ago

Thousands of foreign workers to fill health and social care staffing shortages under governemnt plan

The Independent  

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Keep national insurance rise to boost social care wages, say Tory MPs
2 years, 5 months ago

Keep national insurance rise to boost social care wages, say Tory MPs

The Independent  

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Care homes ‘could face widespread closures’ under social care reforms
2 years, 9 months ago

Care homes ‘could face widespread closures’ under social care reforms

The Independent  

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Social care for elderly and vulnerable rationed as Covid hits staff
2 years, 11 months ago

Social care for elderly and vulnerable rationed as Covid hits staff

The Independent  

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Government’s social care reform plan is ‘insufficient’
3 years, 1 month ago

Government’s social care reform plan is ‘insufficient’

The Independent  

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Boris Johnson sees off Tory rebellion over controversial cap on social care costs
3 years, 1 month ago

Boris Johnson sees off Tory rebellion over controversial cap on social care costs

The Independent  

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We need a bold new type of NHS – the National Housing Service
3 years, 2 months ago

We need a bold new type of NHS – the National Housing Service

The Independent  

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Extra tax to fix social care must not line care home bosses' pockets
3 years, 4 months ago

Extra tax to fix social care must not line care home bosses' pockets

Daily Mail  

Forget talk of national insurance, or a health and social care levy, Boris Johnson’s plan to tackle the social care crisis involves an income tax. Rather than raise the rate of income tax, the manifesto-busting move initially add 1.25 per cent to national insurance, and then swap that a year later for a health and social care levy. Britons have …

Boris Johnson's social care plan: why tax increases may not fix NHS crisis
3 years, 4 months ago

Boris Johnson's social care plan: why tax increases may not fix NHS crisis

The Telegraph  

Anita Charlesworth, director of research at the Health Foundation, warns this “falls well short of what is needed to stabilise the current system and deliver the comprehensive reform that is so desperately needed”. Only after the health service has had a chance to recover might more cash be diverted to social care, if a brave minister decides the NHS can …

Social care reforms ‘to push taxes to highest-ever sustained share of economy’
3 years, 4 months ago

Social care reforms ‘to push taxes to highest-ever sustained share of economy’

The Independent  

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Funding social care is 'permanent new role for Government', says Rishi Sunak
3 years, 4 months ago

Funding social care is 'permanent new role for Government', says Rishi Sunak

The Telegraph  

The move to funding social care through a new levy is a "permanent new role for the Government", Rishi Sunak has said. Speaking at a press conference alongside Boris Johnson, the Chancellor said the health and social care would help "properly fund the NHS" as it deals with the "significant" backlog caused by the pandemic, as well as creating "an …

Unions threaten to strike over 'paltry' 3% NHS pay offer
3 years, 5 months ago

Unions threaten to strike over 'paltry' 3% NHS pay offer

Daily Mail  

Ministers today dismissed strike threats over a 3 cent pay rise for the NHS - pointing out taxpayers have spent £350billion fighting the pandemic and other public sector workers are facing a freeze. Police and teachers earning more than £24,000 will see no increase this year Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn joined protesters from the GMB trade union outside Downing …

Nurses consider action over ‘appalling’ 3% NHS pay rise
3 years, 5 months ago

Nurses consider action over ‘appalling’ 3% NHS pay rise

The Independent  

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Care work is not easy – why are workers still not getting paid fairly?
3 years, 6 months ago

Care work is not easy – why are workers still not getting paid fairly?

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