Leaving out social care staff and nurses from UK public sector pay rises ‘shocking’

Coronavirus – Wed Jun 17, 2020

Social care providers have accused the British Government of “sidestepping” the issue of low pay for care staff, while professions covered by the public sector pay rise warned of a blow to morale and struggles retaining staff.

Care associations called for action to replace “lip service”, following a gruelling few months of coronavirus during which frontline care staff have “put themselves in harm’s way”.