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THE CARER
WINTER 2018
VIEWPOINT Hello and welcome to the Winter issue of The Carer! I would begin by welcoming any new readers to our publication, we have in 2018 made changes to our distribution database which of course means that some of you may be reading our publication for the first time. Who are we? The Carer is a quarterly residential and nursing care home publication in EDITOR print and online mailed out FREE to residential and nursing care homes throughout England and Wales. We bring news views professional comment products and services, in print, digitally, on our website www.thecareruk.com and in our twice-weekly digital newsletter which you can sign up to via our website. We always welcome industry news and comment so if you have anything you would like to share please drop us a line. One of the great challenges for the care sector in the next few years will very likely be staffing and recruitment, and Britain’s decision to leave the European Union is cited as one of the main reasons the industry may face a recruitment crisis. According to a news report in 2017 adverts for jobs in the social care sector increased 64pc on the previous year, as the care sector industry expands and the number of workers from the European Union decreases. Approximately 60,000 of the 1.2 million NHS workforce are from other EU countries, including more than 10,000 doctors and more than 20,000 nurses and health visitors. In adult social care, 90,000 of the 1.3 million workers employed by local authority and independent sector employers come from elsewhere in the EU. The existing policy of free movement will unchanged until the UK concludes the terms of its exit from the EU and may also include a transition period which may grant further rights to EU residents who are working here. That said, the evidence to date points to that Brexit is having a staffing impact in the care sector. The number of EU nationals registering as nurses in the UK has fallen by 96 per cent since the referendum, with just 46 EU nurses registering with the Nursery and Midwifery Council in April 2017. There has also been a fall in the number of EU nationals taking jobs in the social care sector. We here at The Carer have been introducing companies their products and services covering almost every aspect of the care sector from uniforms to furnishings, technology, nurse call systems kitchen equipment cleaning and hygiene products bathing, sluice rooms, laundry services professional services, compliance management, I think we covered almost everything a busy residential and or nursing care home would need possibly with the exception of recruitment! So, we are introducing a dedicated Carer recruitment website which will be going live before April. We are confident our dedicated recruitment website will be a vital tool in helping you reach and attract the right person for the job! Further details will be on our website www.thecareruk.com
Peter Adams
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