£500 bonus for Social Care Workers announced by Welsh Government 

All social care workers in Wales will get a cash bonus of £500 each, First Minister Mark Drakeford announced on Friday 1 May.

Both residential and domiciliary care staff will be eligible for the bonus. 

During the Welsh Government's daily briefing on Friday the First Minister said:

"I want our social care workforce to know their hard work is both appreciated and recognised.

"This payment is designed to provide some further recognition of the value we attach to everything they are doing - it recognises this group of people are providing the invisible scaffolding of services, which support both our NHS and our wider society."

Further details, including when the payment will be made, are still being worked out by the Welsh Government and unions. 

Read the full statement from the Welsh Government.