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<p>The Government recognises the need to be able to recruit effectively from abroad
and the Immigration White Paper ‘The UK’s future skills-based immigration system’,
published in December 2018, sets out the foundation for a single immigration system,
where it is workers’ skills that matter, not where they come from.</p><p>This system
will streamline the high-skilled visa route, by removing the Resident Labour Market
Test and the Tier 2 Visa Cap. It will also include a new temporary immigration route
for workers of all skill levels which will allow our Social Care sector to recruit
care workers from abroad as we transition into the new system. The Home Office is
undertaking a programme of engagement to discuss the proposed measures with colleagues
across government and industry, to develop a future immigration system that works
for the whole of the United Kingdom.</p><p>But we also recognise the need to boost
our domestic workforce as well. The NHS Long Term Plan sets out a vital strategic
framework to ensure that, over the next 10 years, the National Health Service will
have the staff it needs so that nurses and doctors are working in a supportive culture
that allows them to provide the expert compassionate care they are committed to providing.</p><p>Alongside
this, the upcoming Social Care Green Paper will set out the Department’s proposals
for reform of the sector to put it on a more sustainable future footing. This will
include a vision for its workforce and proposals to boost recruitment and retention
in the longer term.</p>
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