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Many of the headline numbers for the social care and NHS workforces are remarkably similar.
Both have around 1.1 million fulltime equivalent staff, similar numbers of vacancies and similar percentages of overseas staff.
The two sectors are inextricably linked operationally. Staff move jobs between the two sectors, work together to deliver care and collaborate to commission it.
Yet, as argued in a new report from The Nuffield Trust, The King’s Fund and The Health Foundation, there are also major differences and inequalities. We should see the NHS and social care as two interconnected sectors and work harder to join them up.
The most obvious difference between the two is in pay and conditions. Though they have similar numbers of staff, the NHS pay bill is huge compared to that of social care. Social care has more staff paid on or around the minimum wage (and worrying reports of staff paid below it), high numbers of zero hours contracts and a high turnover rate, with over a third of staff leaving their jobs each year.
https://www.lgcplus.com/services/he...ean-on-social-cares-workforce/7028311.article
Both have around 1.1 million fulltime equivalent staff, similar numbers of vacancies and similar percentages of overseas staff.
The two sectors are inextricably linked operationally. Staff move jobs between the two sectors, work together to deliver care and collaborate to commission it.
Yet, as argued in a new report from The Nuffield Trust, The King’s Fund and The Health Foundation, there are also major differences and inequalities. We should see the NHS and social care as two interconnected sectors and work harder to join them up.
The most obvious difference between the two is in pay and conditions. Though they have similar numbers of staff, the NHS pay bill is huge compared to that of social care. Social care has more staff paid on or around the minimum wage (and worrying reports of staff paid below it), high numbers of zero hours contracts and a high turnover rate, with over a third of staff leaving their jobs each year.
https://www.lgcplus.com/services/he...ean-on-social-cares-workforce/7028311.article
