Pay staff fairly to tackle care recruitment crisis

Responding to the announcement today (Tuesday) of a government campaign to recruit more social care staff in England to fill gaps left by employees forced to self-isolate, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:  
“Care staff are hugely undervalued, and woefully underpaid. Low wages are mostly to blame for the high rate of employees in the care sector joining then leaving.
“Care work is fulfilling but tough and isn’t to be ta