Social Services: Reform

(asked on 14th March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to help ensure parity of pay and conditions for social care staff to comparable roles in the NHS as part of the Government’s planned reforms to social care.


Answered by
Gillian Keegan Portrait
Gillian Keegan
Secretary of State for Education
This question was answered on 22nd March 2022

Unlike those employed by the National Health Service, the vast majority of care workers are employed by private sector providers who set their pay and conditions, independent of central Government. It is the responsibility of local authorities to work with care providers to determine a fair rate of pay based on local market conditions.

The recent white paper ‘People at the Heart of Care’ is supported by an investment of at least £500 million over three years to build a well-trained, supported, sustainable and recognised workforce.

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