• Staffing at UK care homes 30% less than needed, survey finds

    Staffing at UK care homes 30% less than needed, survey finds
    National Care Forum also finds one in four homes have closed their doors to new admissionsCare homes are missing a third of the staff they need and more than one in four have closed their doors to new admissions in a deepening labour crisis that is “putting safety and dignity at risk”.With thousands of care workers off sick with Covid on top of a rising number of vacancies, the situation in social care has become “grim, difficult and relentless”, according to the National

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