Workers and the consequence of not having enough care workers is that people are waiting longer for care and the number of vacancies is still rising production e mail me. we look forward to your contribution, particularly if you are a care worker and you have had such a difficult almost two years so what is it like coping with so many vacancies? what it means to the people you are looking after? a charity has warned that care organisations in england are struggling to recruit staff, with more jobs unfilled than before the pandemic. skills for care says there are more than 100,000 vacancies and that the number is rising. the government says it has provided extra funding and is running regular recruitment campaigns. with more on this, here s our social affairs editor, alison holt. so nurses have been up today, the bandages were too tight but they are all right now? yeah, they re fine. this visit to 103 year old margaret will help her with her
A crisis in care a shortfall of more than 100,000 workers in the uk means people are waiting longerfor care, and the number of vacancies is still rising. are the vacanies in the care sector affecting care of you or you relatives? vacancies. if you work in the care sector, how are the shortages affecting you? on twitter and instagram, i m @vicderbyshire, or email me at victoria@bbc.co.uk. why does a man living in a town in northern england died before a man living in london? parts of england saw a fall in life expectancy before the pandemic. also coming up this hour, william shatner is to boldy go where no 90 year old man has gone before, as he becomes the oldest person to travel to the edge of space.
For his arrest. police and federal agents have been searching a wildlife reserve close to his parents home in florida but, so far, there has been no sign of him. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. the european union will set out its plan to cut red tape and reduce checks on goods moving between great britain and northern ireland to try to end the row with the uk about post brexit checks. fears of stock shortages in the run up to christmas as britain s biggest commercial port felixstowe struggles with a backlog of shipping containers. a crisis in care, a shortfall of more than 100,000 workers means people are waiting longerfor care 100,000 workers means people are waiting longer for care and the number of vacancies is still rising. thank you for your messages regarding care, whether you work in
Lunch and personal care. she has recently returned home after a four week stay in hospital. how do you feel about being home now, rather than being in hospital? oh, i am glad to be home, definitely. after four weeks away. the amount of support she needs has increased, but here in buckinghamshire finding enough staff to cover all the demand for home care is now extremely difficult. it means care supervisor charlotte and manager vicky are having to step in to fill gaps in the rota. we are struggling for staff at the moment, so i m finding, i think last week, every night i think i was out doing one or two care calls. we do have to pick up the phone and change times, we do have to be creative with the care that we provide. and until we can get some more people through the door to support us with that, then that s the way things will have to stay. there you go. today s report says whilst
The care sector or your relatives are looked after by people in the care sector and what is becoming clear is there are a number of very elderly people caring for more elderly people caring for more elderly people. nick says, i am 73, from bristol, and i care, unpaid, for my 91 year old friend in surrey. he has got dementia, and i am trying to keep him in his own home. he used to keep him in his own home. he used to pay for care is two nights a week so i could get home for arrest. he is clinically extremely vulnerable so for 15 months during covid, i shielded him by caring for him 20 47 without paid respite. nick himself is 73. vaccination meant we could hire paid carers to give me respite, but we can t recruit suitable carers, they are no longer out there. even at the good pay rates we offer. i am there. even at the good pay rates we offer. iam becoming there. even at the good pay rates we offer. i am becoming exhausted and unwell. nick, i m really sorry to hear that. michelle says, u