Four in 10 staff at biggest care firm 'are ready to quit'
The Sunday Mirror|October 29, 2023
Carers on 'poverty pay forced to skip meals and do DIY dentistry
NICOLA SMALL
Four in 10 staff at biggest care firm 'are ready to quit'

THE country's biggest care provider is facing a staffing crisis - with four in 10 workers threatening to quit over "poverty pay".

HC-One owns more than 275 care homes, where union bosses say 40% of staff are considering leaving because they don't earn enough to live.

The lowest-paid carers earn just £10.47 compared an hour to the £686,000 that HC-One's highest paid director took home last year.

Employees report going without food so their kids can eat, carrying out DIY dentistry and drowning in debt, a survey of members by union GMB found.

One carer, a mum of two, told the union she "prays for sleep" so she doesn't "feel hungry".

She said: "My two children both have mental health problems, which I feel is a direct result of not being able to afford basic essentials like dentists, food, clothing etc. I have had to carry out dental treatment on myself and my youngest daughter.

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