A very interesting piece from Colin Cottell of Recruiter Magazine on the challenge facing the UK health and social care sectors.
Earlier this year a study by the International Longevity Centre and Anchor, a major care sector employer, warned that as the UK’s population ages, England alone could face a shortfall of 718,000 care workers by 2025. A staggering 40% of the projected rise in England’s working age population will need to enter the care profession to tackle what the report described as a ‘workforce time bomb’.
Read the article in full here; http://goo.gl/FqQwbL