Care leaders say the dramatic fall in monthly applications for health and care visas will leave elderly and vulnerable people at greater risk of harm
Just 2,900 people applied for a health and social care visa in July, down 82 per cent compared with the same month in 2023 Just 2,900 people applied for a health and social care visa in July, down 82 per cent compared with the same month in 2023, latest immigration figures have revealed.
The previous government had also proposed raising the salary someone would need to earn to bring family members to the UK from £18,600 to £38,700. Following a backlash it reduced the threshold to £29,000 and said further increases would be introduced at an unspecified date. “The latest figures are worrying as we’re not out of the woods yet,” she said. “We still have a workforce problem, but now we’re also starting to see the international recruits who have come in under those visas starting to go back home because they are feeling unwelcome.“We also hear from recruiters going abroad that the narrative is very different.
“The improvement would be a bigger domestic workforce, but for that to happen we need to pay staff more and that would require more investment.”As far-right violence spread between towns and cities last week, two Filipino nurses were attacked as they travelled to work for emergency cover during unrest in Sunderland. The pair were said to be “terrified” after the ordeal which saw their taxi reportedly pelted with rocks, although they were unharmed.
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