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Currently, 1.2 million older people do not receive the care they need. This has increased by 17.9% since last year and is a 48% increase since 2010. 177
Nearly 1 in 8 older people now live with some level of unmet need with vital everyday tasks. 178
The Kings Fund has estimated that together the health and social care workforce employ 1 in 10 of the UK population. 179
Disabled people between the ages of 18-65 represent one third of social care users. 180
A report by Scope into the experiences of working- aged disabled people found that more people were receiving the “basics of care” and fewer people were receiving support to meet their “wider needs and aspirations”, such as employment, education and training. 181
Potential changes to immigration policy resulting from the vote to leave the European Union could have serious consequences for the social care workforce. 182
Around 6% of England’s growing social care workforce are non-British European Economic Area nationals. This is equivalent to 84,000 people. 183
1.2 million
older people do not receive the care they need.
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