Care homes ‘Should Act Now’ to employ EU workers post-Brexit
Expert immigration lawyers say tens of thousands of businesses including care and nursing homes could face a battle to register in time for the right to employ workers from the EU from 2021 – unless they act quickly and prioritise their planning now. As Priti Patel announced recently, the new Points Based Immigration system will […]
Fears over ‘no deal’ impact on care industry
With Brexit looming, No-Deal on the table care industry employers are being urged to check if visa applications are required and have been applied for. Recruitment platform Novacare has cited public figures that suggest as many as 100,000 jobs in social care could be at risk, with many employers unaware of the extent disruption that this could […]
New service to deliver urgent medicines as part of Brexit contingencies
The Department of Health and Social Care has started its Brexit preparations, initially leading a procurement exercise for an express freight service to deliver medicines and medical parts into the country. The contract, estimated to be worth £25 million, is part of the Government’s plans to support continuity of medical supplies if the UK leaves […]
Government issues fresh ‘no deal’ Brexit advice for medicine supply
The government has issued a letter to suppliers giving an update on ensuring a continued supply of medicines and medical products if the UK leaves the EU with no deal. The letter reiterates that the main risk to the unhindered supply of medicines and medical products remains the potential reduced traffic flow at the short […]
Effects of Brexit on care jobs laid bare
The £30,000 per annum salary threshold proposed in the Government’s future immigration system will impact the recruitment of care staff, according to the Local Government Association (LGO). In its latest Brexit Briefing paper, the body says many social care and health jobs do not meet the requirements for the minimum skills or salary threshold. The […]
128,000 new care workers needed every year
New research from the Care Association Alliance has revealed that the UK’s care sector requires a mammoth 128,000 new workers each year to replace staff who leave the profession. The data was the main headline from the CAA’s latest Social Care Workforce Study, which analysed micro-economic trends in the sector in the context of macro […]
GUEST BLOG: Care workers hit by Immigration Health Surcharge increase and Brexit troubles
By Damon Culbert, Immigration Advice Service The big red Brexit bus has driven its £350 million per week for the NHS off a cliff and nobody who drove it through the country in 2016 has anything new to say. The situation for care workers and healthcare providers across the NHS continues through its ‘national emergency’ as […]
3,000 European nurses now working in the UK
Official figures from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have found that there are 3,000 fewer nurses working in the National Health Service from the European Economic Area (EEA) than in the same period a year ago. Some 3,962 staff from the EEA left the NMC register between 2017 and 2018, while the number of […]
Care Home system ‘at breaking point’
A senior nursing consultant at a leading recruitment firm has warned that the threat Brexit poses to labour availability, along with fewer nurses entering the profession, could put serious pressure on the Care Home system. New research has also revealed that an extra 71,000 care home places will be needed in England within the next […]
Guest Blog, Dr. Jamie Wilson: Brexit and the Care Crisis…
Vulnerable elderly and disabled people in need of care could be put at risk as a result of Brexit. How can the care industry respond, so that each individual is able to receive the support they need? A care crisis is looming in this country. As many as 80,000 care workers may lose their right […]
