So it's National Insurance then

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If all this money is going into social care do you think the poorly paid ......many on 9 quid an hour .....health care staff that work for these money making private companies will benefit ?

Better pay

Better work conditions


No chance

Social care should be brought back under local authority complete control

At present social services send out a job for these private care companies to bid for ....lowest bidder ......paying crap wages ....gets the work

The directors rake in the cash , the staff are treated like dirt

And if you think your loved ones are treated and cared for by well paid , motivated staff when in care homes .......think again

LAs can stipulate that those tendering must meet certain obligations, such as a minimum level of pay. There is no reason why the LAs can't dictate the terms.

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LAs can stipulate that those tendering must meet certain obligations, such as a minimum level of pay. There is no reason why the LAs can't dictate the terms.

Well there is in as much as LAs don't have a bottomless pit of money due to years of austerity.

The main push into private care has been in the last decade especially in domiciliary care and this was seen as a way of driving down the cost of the hourly rate of care to help balance the books

The main problem with private provision is that for every £1 they get given they try to spend only a proportion of it and keep some back for profit - that profit has become less and less hence why packages of care are being returned - this and the staffing crisis as people walk away post pandemic

There are really good private providers out there as there are bad voluntary or statutory providers

Its not as simple as one or other but there are over 1000 providers in social care in Wales alone which makes the market place a little bit complex to say the least