Care Workers under Pressure
Episode 41 · 2023-12-18
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
Panorama investigates a care home short of staff, where external medical professionals report seeing residents neglected, and overseas staff complain of being exploited. Britain’s health and care sector is increasingly reliant on overseas staff, with more than 120,000 visas issued last year. Reporter Balagopal Balakrishnan investigates one of 15 care homes run by a company in north east England. He finds carers being charged thousands of pounds by an unscrupulous recruitment agency and nurses locked into lengthy contracts with financial penalties if they leave early. The programme also hears about dozens of safeguarding alerts, including reports of neglected residents suffering unexplained bruising and uncovers evidence that the company boss is willing to protect staff from regulators when things go wrong. The company says any suggestion that there is systematic bad practice would be unfair and inaccurate.
29 minutes
Season 71 episodes
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2. Dogs, Dealers and Organised Crime2023-01-23
3. Forgotten Heroes of the Covid Front Line2023-01-30
4. Is the Cloud Damaging the Planet?2023-02-06
5. Aftershock: The Turkey-Syria Earthquake2023-02-13
6. Sex for Work: The True Cost of Our Tea2023-02-20
7. Ukraine's War Diaries2023-02-21
8. Crisis Pregnancy Centres Uncovered2023-02-27
9. Elon Musk's Twitter Storm2023-03-06
10. Cops, Cash and Fraudsters2023-03-13
11. Surviving the Pay Squeeze2023-03-20
12. What’s Gone Wrong with Our Housing?2023-03-27
13. The Drug Wars that Killed Olivia2023-04-03
14. Road Wars - Neighbourhood Traffic Chaos2023-04-17
15. Will King Charles Change the Monarchy?2023-04-29
16. Private ADHD Clinics Exposed2023-05-15
17. Landfill: Britain’s Toxic Secrets2023-05-22
18. Ultra-Processed Food: A Recipe for Ill Health?2023-06-05
19. Electric Cars: Is It Time to Buy?2023-06-12
20. The Antidepressant Story2023-06-19
21. Is China Watching You?2023-06-26
22. Westminster's Toxic Culture2023-07-17
23. Debt Trap: Who's Cashing In?2023-07-24
24. The Millionaire Who Cheated a Council2023-07-31
25. Beyond Human: Artificial Intelligence and Us2023-08-14
26. Lucy Letby: The Nurse Who Killed2023-08-18
27. Teenage Vaping: What's the Harm?2023-09-04
28. The Dark Side of Ballet Schools2023-09-11
29. Downfall of the Crypto King2023-09-25
30. The Abercrombie Guys: The Dark Side of Cool2023-10-02
31. The Big Mortgage Squeeze2023-10-09
32. Challenging Putin: Moscow and the Mutiny2023-10-16
33. At War: Crisis in the Middle East2023-10-23
34. Prime Suspect: Who Took Madeleine McCann?2023-10-30
35. Boohoo's Broken Promises2023-11-06
36. Why Are We Still Searching for Fossil Fuels?2023-11-13
37. Putin and Ukraine's Stolen Children2023-11-23
38. My Teacher the Abuser: Fighting for Justice2023-11-30
39. The Water Pollution Cover-Up2023-12-04
40. The Billionaire Bishop and the Global Megachurch2023-12-11
41. Care Workers under Pressure2023-12-18
