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Ministers today rejected calls to ease immigration rules to bring in more care workers from abroad to tackle a national staffing crisis.
Gillian Keegan, the Care Minister, said 'hoovering up' workers from other countries is not the answer to shortages in the sector.
She said it is a 'constant battle to keep enough people coming into social care' but insisted domestic reforms will resolve the problem.
Her comments came after the Care Quality Commission warned urgent action is needed to prevent a 'tsunami of unmet need', with staff 'exhausted and depleted'.
Gillian Keegan, the Care Minister, said 'hoovering up' workers from other countries is not the answer to shortages in the sector
Ms Keegan told Sky News this morning: 'It is a massive workforce, it is bigger even than the NHS, 1.5million people, and it does have challenges all the time because every year the need
