The National Care Association is a trade association for small and medium-sized care providers in England established in 1981.
It supports local care associations throughout England, and is frequently referred to in media coverage of the crisis in social care.
[2] In September 2021 the association reported on a credit crunch as banks were refusing to lend money or provide new services for fear that the care sector was about to crumble.
[4] Many of the sector's workers were put off by the compulsory COVID-19 vaccination policy at care homes and the association urged the Home Office to relax immigration rules for care providers.
[5] They estimated that 70,000 workers could leave the sector because of the compulsory covid vaccination policy.