When Britain's care homes reward shareholders over staff, we need a new system | Amy Horton

Care workers kept the industry going in the Covid years on low wages at great personal cost – yet many are still struggling

Our care system should be enabling people to live fulfilling lives, but each week brings new evidence that Britain’s social care system is unable to deliver this.

Huge numbers of people are struggling to access support. The majority of people who deal with care services are unsatisfied with them. And the number of vacant posts in adult social care is the highest since records began in 2012-13, with about 165,000 vacancies in England on any given day.

Amy Horton is a lecturer at University College London and researcher for Financial Impacts of Covid on Care Homes

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