• Number of British staff in adult social care continuing to fall as government cuts off visa route

    Number of British staff in adult social care continuing to fall as government cuts off visa route
    The number of British people working in adult social care continued to fall ahead of the government’s ban on providers recruiting staff from abroad, Skills for Care has revealed.
    While the sector vacancy rate fell to pre-Covid levels and the numbers working in adult social care in England reached a record high in 2024-25, these trends were driven by international staff, as had been the case with workforce growth over the previous two years.
    By contrast, the number of staff of British natio

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