Keith Milton的动态

Exactly what Keith Milton has said. There has to be some joined up thinking, ‘fixing’ the NHS is impossible without social care, we all know that. We supported the NHS with designated settings (COVID wards) during the pandemic, provide intermediate care, out of hours discharges, have lifting cushions in all of our homes to prevent long lies and reduce ambulance call-outs and hospital admissions and we get people home. We are always looking for ways to support the system. Rt. Hon. Wes Streeting MP Rt Hon Rachel Reeves Keir Starmer Stephen Kinnock Stephen Kinnock come and see what social care providers can do and most importantly listen. #adultsocialcare #careproviders, #carehomes

This is a disaster for #adultsocialcare and #careproviders (and #GPs and #hospices). Let's just look at how businesses faced with the increase in Employer's NI from April 2025 can mitigate the cost and if they are applicable to #socialcare. ?? Increase prices - 80% of adult social care is paid for by Local Authorities who set the price they pay. Providers have little or no say in the setting of fees. ? ?? Lower Pay Increases - most care workers are paid minimum wage (because Local Authorities set fees based on minimum wage) so there is no scope for lower pay. ? ?? Reduce headcount - whatever the funding, care providers need to maintain safe staffing. They just can't cut headcount the same as other businesses. ? ?? Lower profits - the only realistic option for care providers but the problem is that margins have already been squeezed so much that the increase in NI is likely to wipe out most or all their profit, meaning at best, nothing left for investment and, at worst, insolvency. I feel for all businesses that are having to deal with this shockingly large increase in #employment #taxes but at least most have 4 different levers they can pull. Care providers have no choice but to accept lower profits and hope Local Authority funding and fees increase enough in April 2025 to cover both the increase in minimum wage and NI (personally not holding my breath on that one ?? ?? ). The increase in Employer's NI has the potential to wipe out many care providers and turn the rest into zombie businesses, reducing capacity when demand is increasing and the knock on effect to the #NHS would jeopardise its improvement. Is that what you intended/wanted Keir Starmer, Rt Hon Rachel Reeves and Rt. Hon. Wes Streeting MP with this budget? What do you have against care providers? Is it just because we're not #publicsector (and if so, time to grow up and treat us as part of the solution). Finally, my main concern is the welfare of the people that depend on us for their care. What is this going to mean for them? Are the last days/months/years of their lives going to be worse as a consequence of this budget (rhetorical question - the answer is yes, of course) - #shame on you The Labour Party. www.smcgroup.co.uk St Martins Care https://lnkd.in/eM9GhaAz

Care homes and other care service providers could face a heightened risk of non-compliance when the planned increase in the National Minimum Wage (NMW) takes effect on 1 April. In his article for Caring Times, Matthew Wort, senior partner and health and social care sector specialist at #AnthonyCollins, offers some practical advice. Read the full article here: https://buff.ly/4aa6vYP #Caresector #Carehomes #NMW #NMWlegislation

An unusual video from me about Primary Care and the fundamental issue which will lead to its collapse. As a rough example - A typical 6 partner practice might receive ￡2m from the contract per year and have a ￡1.4m wage bill. The contract value hardly changes but the staff costs keep rising each year with no way to increase income. It can only end one way. What are your thoughts? #nhs #generalpractice #primarycare #crisis

A very thought provoking and insightful look at how most of our GP practices function. Dr Threadgold is sharing his knowledge and experience to most who (me included) aren't privy to such matters.. Intresting to think that the government is slowly withdrawing funding for health care for all and wanting a system similar to the USA where tens of millions have little to know health care. When I look at all the public serves and what use to be public owned companies that have been privatized or PFI, I believe there's not one of them that have given a better service. from Gas, electric, post office, rail, water, buses, Royal ordnance, councils now housing associations and many more. It's all about the share holders and not society's needs. it's been proven that it's actually costing more to the tax payer to fund the private rail companies than it did when we, as in the UK owned and run the railways and water and oil and gas. Is this progress or something more sinister?

What do we need to do to ensure decent work in the care economy? Follow the #5Rs ?? ? Recognise,?Reduce,?Redistribute unpaid care work ? Reward more and decent work for care workers ? Representation, social dialogue and collective bargaining for care workers ??

Concerning to see another example of care staff not getting a fair wage for their work, funding for social care is falling short across the board and it's sad to see the impact getting passed on to the grassroot workers providing vital services to those in need. Care is one of the most essential services in the public sector and seems to be consistently overlooked, with care homes and services closing every week. It's hard to say what solutions are available and where additional funding can be sourced, however any solution must ensure that workers are fairly paid or we will continue to see an exodus from the social care sector, and more services closing as a result. #fairpay #socialcare #publicsector #equalpay https://lnkd.in/edsjAwPj

This April. the National Living Wage will rise a further 9.8% to ￡11.44, an increase of ￡1.02. What effect will this rise have on your overall staff bill? How many weekly care fees will that be the equivalent of on average for you? Read this post to find out. https://lnkd.in/eQ2kYQvc #nationallivingwage #carefees #caresector #staffcosts #nlwincrease

NEW REPORT: We worked with The Health Foundation to assess five policy options to improve care worker pay in England that could form part of the new government’s approach to #socialcare. ?? The new government must immediately address the problem of low pay in adult social care by tackling illegal underpayment of wages and consulting the sector on a sector-specific minimum wage and a national pay scale. Read our report here: https://lnkd.in/erzpW4We

From Rs. 15000 to 21000 -EPFO- Proposal to hike Wage ceiling. The government is contemplating enhancing the wage ceiling under the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) to at least ?21,000 from ?15,000 now to widen the social security coverage, a step towards achieving universal social security. The wage ceiling under EPFO was last raised in 2014 to ?15,000 from ?6,500. In ESIC is is 21000 since 2017 and step is to align two social security scheme as Both EPFO and ESIC are under the administrative control of the ministry of labour and employment. #epfo #socialsecurity #esic #ministryoflabour #legalupdates #employer #employee #laborlaw #law #corporatelaw #companysecretary #advocates #lawyers