‘Care work is tough. We should not be paying minimum wages’

David Miles, head of Mears Group, which has given up some homecare contracts, says paying staff more could save moneyWhether or not you agree with reports at the weekend that the NHS is facing a “humanitarian crisis”, caused by delayed discharge and unprecedented demand for services, it is abundantly clear that when it comes to health and social care, the status quo is not an option.As calls grow for the government to do more to tackle the funding gap in social care – predicted