Pak_Doo_Ik
Well-known member
I’m not an expert or anything but if we stop overseas recruitment in to an industry that is already struggling to employ people where does that leave that people that need care???
The more expensive the care home the poorer the service for those within. Cheapest of everything food wise and little activities for the guests. When a care home lists visit times be cautious, meal times exempt obviously. My Mam's care home was small and the staff were amazing. Mam died in 2020 and the care home staff I am dealing with on another matter still remember me, my family and my Mam. I invited them to a function last night and they obliged by turning up, including 4 wheel chair users from Middlesbrough to Stockton.My wife works in care , in the last 18 months the only people filling vacancies are immigrants , people from this country don't want to go into the occupation. Probably due to the low wages, demands of the job and conditions.
I've tried to convince my wife for years to look elsewhere but she is so dedicated to the people she looks after she says she can't leave them .
The company treats the staff like sh1t.they used to get £70 per night if they slept in at the home (on call if needed) but they reduced that to £40 , due to rising costs ,more like the directors wanted more of the £ .
These private run homes are only in it for the money funded by local authority tax payers money .
Tory BritainPrivate care homes. They pay bottom dollar and charge top dollar.
It is the same in every sector in the UK nowadays. The Tories have a lot to thank for this.
Cheap rubbish slogan, nothing to do with KS, this has been an issue for years and numerous governments.No care Kier.
On the sideline, every few yards , in amongst those shouting about “what should be done” ( but doing nothing other than shout) is the odd fool, looking to amuse his fellow morons.No care Kier.
Exactly and yet when get the likes of Tice on the TV, nobody scrutinises him as to what his plans would be.There is a shortage of care workers in homes and in the community.
Brexit exacerbated the shortage, with many leaving to work in Europe and elsewhere.
It isn't a "low skill" job: care workers decisions affect patients lives, just like nurses and all others in the caring profession.
Political rhetoric and promises of more care-workers begs the question: where do the politicians think the thousands of health professionals are coming from?
There has been a huge shortage for decades. The withdrawal of funding support for training, and selling off our family silver to huge private profit-from-poorly-people organisations, has wrecked social care in the UK.
The BBC also wheel out Farage at every opportunity, on the news, on radio, on Question Time, like he was a lord. Coincidence? I think not.Exactly and yet when get the likes of Tice on the TV, nobody scrutinises him as to what his plans would be.
I get Labour are in power and ultimately it’s their issue to sort, but Reform are building a huge platform on things like this and are very rarely challenged about it.