Our annual Business Summit, on 13 November, was a sobering reminder of the challenges facing the sector. The big question of the day was how long can the sector go on in the face of a recruitment crisis and ‘a massive shortfall in funding that is impacting on sustainability’ (Courteney Donaldson, Christie & Co)?
With a general election looming, it is worth reminding ourselves just how long this problem of underfunding has been going on – I delved into past news stories on our website and found a ‘Funding fatigue’ headline dating back to July 2006.
Obviously, whoever forms the next government needs to address the problem. But they should also acknowledge the long-term impact of underfunding on settings’ training budgets and, hence, quality of practice.
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