• The Guardian view on the social care recruitment crisis: pay staff what they are worth | Editorial

    The Guardian view on the social care recruitment crisis: pay staff what they are worth | Editorial
    If society offers poverty wages for demanding and skilled work, a staffing shortage should not be a surpriseThe impact of the dire staffing shortages in care homes, as revealed in a Guardian analysis published at the weekend, makes for distressing reading. According to inspection reports by the Care Quality Commission, the industry regulator, some residents are being left to languish in their rooms 24 hours a day. Some have gone without showers and basic hygiene requirements, or been exposed to

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