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The expanded Care Workforce Pathway is welcome, and now it needs legal backing and a place for senior care workers London, 21 July 2026. The Care Workers’ Charity welcomes Part 3 of the Care Workforce Pathway, alongside the new Fair Pay Agreement Negotiating Body, and urges government to back the pathway in law, support employers …
A National Care Service is within reach, and care workers are ready to help build it The Care Workers’ Charity responds to the appointment of Yvette Cooper as Health Secretary The Care Workers’ Charity warmly welcomes the appointment of Yvette Cooper as Health Secretary, and the Prime Minister’s commitment to building a National Care Service. Cooper returns …
No care service without care workers Andy Burnham takes office today as the Prime Minister who first proposed a National Care Service, over fifteen years ago. In his first speech he named social care among the big things politics has neglected and said he will not flinch from fixing it. The Care Workers’ Charity welcomes that seriousness. …
A Fair Pay Agreement for care workers is welcome, and now it needs the funding and pace to change lives The Care Workers’ Charity welcomes the first adult social care Fair Pay Agreement and the hope it brings, and urges government to match it with enough funding and a faster timeline so care workers feel the difference sooner. …
Variation in social care cannot be fixed without investing in the workforce The Care Workers’ Charity responds to the CQC’s first national review of local authority adult social care London, 14th July 2026. The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC) has responded to the Care Quality Commission’s first national report drawing together assessments of all 153 local authorities in England with adult …
Urgent, Practical Action is Needed Now to Tackle Adult Social Care Workforce Crisis: The Care Workers’ Charity Responds to Re:State ‘Care To Stay’ Report. A new report from the think tank Re:State has set out a practical, place-based strategy for tackling the crisis facing England’s adult social care workforce, warning that chronic recruitment and retention …
Care Workers Must Be At The Centre of Workforce Reform: The Care Workers’ Charity Responds to LGA’s Care Where We Live Report. The Care Workers’ Charity has today responded to the Local Government Association’s Care Where We Live report, welcoming its findings whilst making clear that words alone will not be enough. The report, drawing …
What The Fair Pay Agreement Means To Me Written by Princess, A Member of The Care Worker Advisory Board and Champions Project. I have worked as a care worker for over three years. Over that time, I have supported people across many different settings: home care, residential homes, and units supporting those with dementia, learning …
Immigration Has a Human Cost Written by Omatule, A Member of The Care Worker Advisory Board and Champions Project. I arrived in the UK in October 2022 with my spouse and 5 year old child under the health and care work visa to work as care worker. Part of the requirement of the visa then was that I would …
The Casey Commission is Talking About My Future Blog by Hannah Reseigh-Lincoln, Support worker and member of the Care Worker Advisory Board and Champions Project It was 5am on a cold, wet and dark November morning in 2025 when I woke very early to make the 30-minute walk to the train station. I was ready to start my journey to …