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Home residents in Selston, UK, with a carer (symbol): "Not enough staff to look after them safely"
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Britain is also suffering from a Pflexit due to Brexit.
After there have been bottlenecks in supermarkets or petrol stations for weeks due to a lack of staff, nursing homes in Great Britain now also have to turn away those in need due to a lack of skilled workers.
Two-thirds of a total of 340 nursing home managers surveyed said in a survey by the National Care Forum (NCF) that they had to limit or stop their services because of the bottlenecks, according to the BBC.
Applications for membership often have to be rejected.
It is estimated that there could have been around 5,000 such cases in the past six weeks alone.
According to the survey, around a fifth of the advertised positions in the homes are vacant.
Often, employees in the care sector who are actually employed for other activities have to step in.
People stay in hospitals longer
Supermarkets and petrol stations, however, suffer severely from the shortage of truck drivers.
Industry associations had recently seen the supply of food "on a knife-edge", shelves in numerous shops remained empty.
The government is trying to counter this with the help of the army and crash courses.
The backlog of those in need of care also increases the pressure on hospitals, as patients often have to stay there longer than actually necessary.
According to the survey, many home managers also indicated that employees were considering resigning because of the high workload.
According to the BBC, a home manager told the NCF researchers that he had to turn people away with the words: "Unfortunately, we do not have enough staff to look after them safely." In total, the 340 respondents employ more than 21,000 people, which includes more than 15,000 people Care at home or in nursing homes.
In the fight against the nursing care crisis, the British government has now announced additional funds that will flow into training and recruitment.
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