Since the condition of deployment will require all staff working in a CQC-registered care home to be vaccinated, we have included an estimate of the full possible cost of replacing those workers who do not meet this condition. We estimate this cost as £2,500 per worker derived from the stated costs of recruitment by a small adult social care provider reported by Skills for Care (given the uncertainty around the relative productivity of a new worker compared to an experienced worker – and the lost output or increased wage costs which result – we have reduced our estimate compared to that reported by Skills for Care by 50% of the productivity estimate).[footnote 4] The costs from this source are based on a single small adult social care provider that employs 20 full time equivalent care workers and recruits 6 over the course of 12 months, so are used with caution (although the size and turnover of this provider are fairly typical within the sector, there may be opportunities for larger providers especially to achieve economies of scale). The total calculated cost of recruitment from this source combines the costs of temporarily covering the hours of exiting staff, preparing a job description and the application process, advertisement and promotions, shortlisting, conducting interviews, doing checks and contracting, completing induction and training, having initial supervision support and the lower productivity caused by a reduced capacity. Combining our 2 central estimates indicates a one-off cost to care home providers of £100 million.