Ageing Workforce
Ealing Council is currently addressing recruitment and retention challenges for specialist staff due to an ageing workforce.
Ealing Council is grappling with significant challenges in recruiting and retaining specialist staff, a situation exacerbated by an ageing workforce and market competition. The council's Strategy and Change Scrutiny Panel heard on 20 October 2026 that difficulties persist in attracting and keeping professionals in specialist roles.
While Ealing Council's Workforce Strategy has made progress in areas such as management capability, career progression, and equality, diversity, and inclusion, the panel noted ongoing issues. No further meetings are currently scheduled to discuss this topic.
Key facts
- Ealing Council struggles to recruit and retain specialist staff. Source
- An ageing workforce exacerbates recruitment and retention challenges. Source
- The Strategy and Change Scrutiny Panel heard this on 20 October 2026. Source
- Ealing Council's Workforce Strategy has made progress in some areas. Source
- Difficulties remain in attracting and keeping specialist professionals. Source
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