My Dad died 15 months ago & spent last year of his life in a London nursing home. He was bed bound, blind, deaf, with dementia and various health issues.
Almost all his carers & nurses were non UK born and they were all brilliant. They treated my mother like family (and still do to this day) 1/3
I have no issue with trying to increase % of care workers born in Britain and to increase pay and improve working conditions.
But we must ALSO acknowledge the tremendous contribution that care workers from overseas have made and are making to our country and our most vulnerable citizens. 2/3
May 13, 2025 09:56AND acknowledge that a large pool of British potential care workers is not readily apparent (~130K vacancies in care sector).
As the daughter of UK migrants, as someone who works with 1st & 2nd gen immigrants across health & academia, I am also v offended at language of "incalculable harm". 3/3
