Challenges of adult social care workforce in England 2021, by region| ��ƽ��

Workforce challenges faced by the adult social care providers in England in October 2021, by type of challenge and region

Characteristic	East of England	London	Midlands	Yorkshire and the North East	North West	South West	South East
Staff retention	70.9%	56%	70.3%	70.5%	69.5%	76.7%	72.4%
Staff recruitment	82.9%	68%	81.4%	82.5%	81.3%	89.5%	82.9%
Maintaining staff morale	68.6%	58.2%	70.3%	71.1%	72.3%	79.1%	70.5%
Accessing agency staff	76.7%	57.3%	75.4%	81.7%	77.6%	87.9%	81.4%

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Release date

December 2021

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

September 13 to October 14, 2021

Number of respondents

8,941 respondents

Special properties

Adult social care providers

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows: 'Compared to April 2021, how would you describe the current level of workforce challenges in your service or location for retaining/recruiting/maintaining morale of staff, or accessing agency staff?'
This statistic is using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the

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In England, the adult social care providers faced several workforce challenges in 2021. According to this survey conducted from September to October 2021, staff recruitment was especially challenging for care homes and domiciliary care providers. In the South West region of England, nearly 90 percent of responding providers stated that staff recruitment was more challenging than before.