From: Paul Robson 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Property crash in 15-25 years time?
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 08:07:32 +0100

Ronald Raygun wrote:

> Paul Robson wrote:
> 
>> Nursing homes are falling in a heap ; there is a new regulatory body
>> that's been around for a couple of years, the NCSC. It is very target
>> based and literal interpretation of rules based (think OFSTED for
>> residential care).
>> 
>> Net effect is costs of care goes up drastically - for example a new
>> requirement is for about 80% NVQ3 for Carers by 2005 (2006?) ; this means
>> the cheap labour that runs these places will no longer be so cheap.
> 
> Says who?  What with education being thrown at all and sundry these days,
> everyone will have NVQs, so having one will no longer command higher
> pay than not having one, because there won't be anyone to be better than.

No, you've got to have a specific NVQ3. At present you can get a job in a
Care Home with nothing, or an NVQ in engineering (example). When this rule
comes in, you will have to have an appropriate NVQ3.