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<p>Supporting hospital flow and reducing delayed discharges requires a whole system
approach across the National Health Service, adult social care, housing, the voluntary
sector and others. Hospital discharge services are therefore supported by staff across
a range of health and social care professions in England and in York.</p><p>We have
committed at least £500 million to develop the social care workforce, including for
training places and for initiatives to improve wellbeing. We are also promoting adult
social care careers through national recruitment campaigns, such as ‘Made with Care’
which ran between November 2021 and 31 March 2022. A further campaign for 2022/23
is in development. We are also working with the Department of Work and Pensions to
promote adult social care careers to jobseekers. Care workers have been made eligible
for the Health and Care Visa and added to the Shortage Occupation List to allow social
care employers to recruit eligible workers from overseas.</p><p>In winter 2021/22,
we made £462.5 million available to local authorities to increase workforce capacity
via the Workforce Recruitment and Retention Funds, including £1,410,240 allocated
to York. We have regular discussions with stakeholders, including local government
representatives, on a range of issues including the adult social care workforce.</p>
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