Councils start to distribute cash from government scheme to stop exodus from sector
Care home bosses have called the first wave of government payouts intended to halt an exodus of workers “derisory”, after it emerged some operators had received grants of just £60 a person before tax.
The government has offered amounts from a “retention and recruitment” fund launched by the health secretary, Sajid Javid, that equate to £150 and £155 a worker in some counties and £60 in Norfolk, where one angry manager said it was barely enough to “buy a few boxes of Celebrations”.
