Fall in number of personal assistants ‘a significant concern’, warns sector body

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.A cut in the number of personal assistants (PAs) in the adult social care workforce is a “significant concern”, a sector body has said.
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) issued the warning after Skills for Care’s annual report on the workforce showed the number of PAs working in England fell from 130,000 to 123,000 (5.4%) from 2022-23 to 2023-24, the largest d