Market Position Statements Market Position Statement homepage Quality assurance Commissioning intentions and market shaping Residential and nursing care Homecare and Extra Care Supported living Quality and safeguarding assurance, workforce and resilience The national workforce challenges in Adult Social Care have been made worse in recent years by the effects of: coronavirus (COVID-19) Brexit people exiting the labour market the cost of living crisis. Issues that continue to challenge the whole sector include: recruitment and retention pay and reward support training career progression. The sector has been significantly impacted by an unparalleled surge in costs, notably: the rapid rise in inflation energy expenses the repercussions of the pandemic the ongoing cost of living crisis national living wage increases. This has increased the risk to services. Services require resilience planning at all levels to safeguard people who are being given care.
