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Dan Peters 06 December 2024

Frustration mounts over lack of care workforce strategy

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Frustration in the sector is growing as the Government fails to produce a workforce strategy for social care.

Skills for Care, the strategic workforce development and planning body for England, had launched its own strategy just after the General Election in July.

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