Urgent reform of care is the answer
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DARKNESS AT SUNRISE: UK CARE HOMES SHIFTING PROFITS OFFSHORE?
Following on from this report on the high risk to investors (and their staff and residents) of exposure to care homes, we get this daming exposure of UK companies offshoring their profits owned by a Canadian public sector pension fund.
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Victory for Care at Home staff
Unite celebrated a key victory for home care staff this week, after more than 300 Care at Home staff in South Ayreshire, Scotland secured a pay rise. Following a joint claim from Unite and Unison,…Read more…
Care home company under investigation following multiple COVID deaths, says UNISON
UNISON reports Horizon Care to the Care Quality Commission after residents die in Sheffield
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UNISON welcomes NI pledge on COVID sick pay
Department of Health will provide funding for care homes to pay staff 80% of their salary when on sick leave for coronavirus
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Funding must go to care workers in need, not employers’ bank accounts, says UNISON
Government must ensure cash goes to staff
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Needless care home deaths can be prevented if staff get safety kit, says UNISON
Christina McAnea says it’s not too late to save lives
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More than a thousand care home deaths highlights ‘shambolic’ government response to Covid crisis, says UNISON
Dave Prentis says government must ‘get act together’ to prevent more needless deaths
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End VAT for PPE to help combat “national emergency” in care homes during coronavirus crisis, says UNISON
Drop duty to save care workers
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Stoke-on-Trent council scraps care pay cuts
UNISON regional organiser Tony Jones said the plans were in effect a 20% pay cut for members
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New radio drama highlights the plight of care workers pushed to their limits
UNISON played vital role in scripting BBC Radio 4 series
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Care staff forced to sleep in offices and not wash
Care staff on overnight shifts are having to bed down at work in offices or on dirty mattresses
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Four Seasons difficulties show care sector is in need of urgent reform
Commenting on the announcement today (Tuesday) that two of the holding companies behind care firm Four Seasons have gone into administration, UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea said:…Read more…
UNISON notches up a win in battle for care homes
UNISON campaign sees council agree to keep one home open and pledge no compulsory redundancies
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Save care homes demo
Unite the union is spearheading a protest tomorrow (November 3) against the closure of Southampton city council’s two remaining residential care homes. The Labour-controlled city council wants…Read more…
UNISON seeks leave to appeal on sleep-in case
‘We believe the Court of Appeal got this decision completely wrong and will do everything we can to reverse it’
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Plans to cut care workers’ pay on hold
Strike action on hold pending further talks
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Care firms shamed are just the tip of the iceberg, says UNISON
Commenting on the 360 employers named and shamed today (Wednesday) by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy for failing to pay the national minimum wage, UNISON general…Read more…
UNISON Northern Ireland warns of care home crisis
Closures of care homes increasing as private firms run into trouble
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Closure of Four Seasons home
UNISON statement on announcement that Garvagh Care Home will close in May
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