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This guidance is for regional and sub regional partnerships to develop solutions to prevent and respond to exploitative employment practices in their areas and support continuity of care provision. 16 million was made available to regional partnerships over 2024 to 2025.

Over the past year we have seen a rise in reports of unethical employment practices in the sector. The government is committed to:

• continuing to use international recruitment to support the adult social care workforce
• increasing its focus on ensuring the ethical and sustainable employment of international recruits within the care system