Recommendation 15

We are concerned that lower qualified social care workers and those without qualifications at all are not eligible for the new NHS visa, not least because it undermines parity of esteem between the health and social care sectors. The Government should accept the MAC’s recent recommendation to add senior social care workers to the shortage occupation list. We welcome the MAC’s plans to conduct further research on the social care workforce: this research should consider the impact of new immigration rules on the ability of care providers to recruit to less senior roles. (Paragraph 73) Longer term reform of social care funding