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Social care skills to be boosted, says government |
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Ministers have confirmed new measures and support to improve skills and careers in social care, as part of an already announced £500 million support package, Public Sector Executive reported. The announcement from care and mental health minister Gillian Keegan included more money for employers to help them fund professional development, a new care certificate qualification, and a digital hub and skills passport. Though the funding package had been welcomed, Miriam Deakin, interim deputy chief executive of NHS Providers said that social care still had 160,000 vacancies along with significant recruitment and retention challenges, and called for additional government action to ensure social care was on a “sustainable footing”. |
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