Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care
Provide ring-fenced funding to increase pay for social care professionals
Closed
1,472 signatures
What the petition asks
Social care workers are highly skilled professionals. We need the Government to provide ring-fenced funding that will lead Local Authority/Integrated Care Boards paying social care rates that reflect the value of the social care sector and the provision of safe practice.
Despite their skillset, social care workers often only earn the National Minimum Wage. Community carers can find it hard to keep their essential cars roadworthy. We believe the Local Authority/Integrated Care Board rates paid to care providers give no scope to pay social care workers a fair rate or to provide safe practice. We implore the Government to provide ring-fenced funding to enable fair rates for care delivery using the learnings from the 2022 ‘Fair Cost of Care’ exercise.
Timeline
| 26 Apr 2023 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 26 Oct 2023 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,472
Status
Closed
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
26 Apr 2023
Closed
26 Oct 2023
Follow this petition
Sign in to get an email when the government responds, a debate is scheduled or held, or the petition closes.
Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.