Adult social care: Workforce numbers improve slightly, but health leaders warn of challenges ahead

Health leaders have welcomed a 7% fall in the number of vacant posts for adult social care in the past year in England, but they warned of “profound challenges” still ahead in filling the 152 000 posts currently empty.New figures showed that the vacancy rate decreased to 9.9% (around 152 000 on any given day during 2022-23) from 10.6% (around 164 000) the previous year. The NHS had a vacancy rate of 8% in 2022-23.In addition, the number of filled social care posts increased by around 1% (20 000) from April 2022 to March 2023, in contrast to the previous year when the number of filled posts fell for the first time on record, down by around 4% (60 000) from 2020-21.The figures were provided by the charity Skills for Care, the strategic workforce development and planning body for adult social care in England, in its latest annual report.1 Overall,…
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