Care Workers: Recruitment
Commons · Question 58649 · Tabled 10 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Rachael Maskell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase recruitment of social care workers.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 23 Jun 2025
English local authorities have responsibility under the Care Act 2014 to meet social care needs and statutory guidance directs them to ensure there is sufficient workforce in adult social care (ASC).The Government recognises the scale of reforms needed to...