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In 2019 Three Million Workers Delivered Health And Social Care In The Uk, They Accounted For One In Every Ten Workers. These Frontline Workers Delivered The Spectrum Of Care We Receive 'from The Cradle To The Grave', They Are The Occupations We Encounter In Hospitals, Community Health Care, Residential And Domiciliary Care Settings. Fifty Percent Of The Current Spend Of A Typical Uk Hospital Goes On Its Frontline Workforce And Yet Both Research And Policy Have Neglected The Frontline Workforce. This Book Details The Size, Occupational Composition, Geographical Spread, And Growth Of This Workforce. It Identifies The Reasons People Work In Frontline Care And What Drives The Demand For These Workers. It Explains How The Uk Labour Market Is Part Of A Global Market And Details The Heavy Dependence Of The Uk On Foreign Trained Workers. It Explains How The Labour Market For Frontline Workers Operates, How These Workers Pay Is Set, What Has Happened To Their Pay In Recent Years And Why There Are Such Acute Shortages Of Some Of The Key Frontline Occupations-- Provided By Publisher.