Scotland's care workers have told the Scottish Government : “If you want to solve Scotland’s NHS crisis, pay us a proper wage.” They are calling for the proposed National Care Service to pay all care workers £15 an hour to help attract more people to the profession and retain the overworked staff currently in the sector.There is a huge shortage of care workers and with shelf stacking in supermarkets paying more per hour, attracting people to what can be an extremely stressful and demanding job is proving difficult.During the pandemic at least one council brought in students to work as care staff but paid them £16 an hour, far more than the experienced workers who were training them.The lack of care staff is now being felt at the hospital
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