Winter funding package includes pay rise for adult social care staff in Scotland
Health Secretary Humza Yousaf 's new funding package for health and social care will ensure that adult social care staff who are currently paid the real living wage will get a pay rise of over 5%.
The £300 million funding package to increase health and social care capacity in Scotland includes:
- Recruiting 1,000 additional NHS staff to support multi-disciplinary working
- £40 million for ‘step-down’ care to enable hospital patients to temporarily enter care homes, or receive additional care at home support, with no financial liability to the individual or their family towards the cost of the care home
- Over £60 million to maximise the capacity of care at home services
- Up to £48 million will be made available to increase the hourly rate of social care staff to match new NHS band 2 staff
- £20 million to enhance Multi-Disciplinary Teams, enable more social work assessments to be carried out and support joint working between health and social care
- £28 million of additional funding to support primary care
- £4.5 million available to Health Boards to attract at least 200 registered nurses from outwith Scotland by March 2022
- £4 million to help staff with their practical and emotional needs, including pastoral care and other measures to aid rest and recuperation.
