Catherine Murphy
Ceist:714. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the supports that he has put in place in order to enable the retention of staff in the private nursing home service. [58006/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 22 November 2022
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Freagraí scríofa
I established the cross-departmental Strategic Workforce Advisory Group in March 2022 to examine, and formulate recommendations to address, the challenges in front-line carer roles in the home-support and long-term residential care sectors.
The Report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Healthcare Assistants was published on 15th October 2022. Providing an overview of the work of the Group and its key findings, the report presents a suite of 16 recommendations spanning the areas of areas of recruitment, pay and conditions of employment, barriers to employment, training and professional development, sectoral reform, and monitoring and implementation.
I strongly endorse all of the recommendations and can confirm that work towards their implementation has commenced. This will be monitored on an on-going basis to ensure that the recommendations are enacted in full in a timely manner