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‘Cocktail of calamities’ pushing people into A&E

Oct 15, 2019By Dave Prentis blog

Responding to the Care Quality Commission’s annual state of care report published today (Tuesday), UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “There’s not enough funding for social care, and out of…Read more…

Oct 15, 2019Dave Prentis blog

Consensus on NHS workforce plans encouraging but need for extra funding mustn’t be forgotten

Apr 25, 2019By Dave Prentis blog

New funding must allow existing staff to develop their careers and a comprehensive and rewarding apprenticeship programme is needed to bring new recruits into the NHS

The article Consensus on NHS…Read more…

Apr 25, 2019Dave Prentis blog

Nursery school funding welcome but more needed, says UNISON

Feb 28, 2019By Dave Prentis blog

Commenting on the government’s announcement of £24 million in additional interim funding for maintained nursery schools, UNISON head of education Jon Richards said: “This additional funding gives…Read more…

Feb 28, 2019Dave Prentis blog

UNISON responds to IFS report on NHS funding

May 24, 2018By Dave Prentis blog

Any future financial settlement for the NHS must factor in the costs of having a fairly rewarded and growing workforce

The article UNISON responds to IFS report on NHS funding first appeared on the…Read more…

May 24, 2018Dave Prentis blog

If we don’t protect our arts organisations, we will lose them

Aug 10, 2017By Stronger Unions

For almost 25 years, Greenwich Dance has been a meeting place for dancers. Professional and professional and aspiring artists come together for classes, performance space and professional support….Read more…

Aug 10, 2017Stronger Unions

Three approaches to social care: what are the parties’ plans?

May 18, 2017By Touchstone blog

The Conservative party published their manifesto this morning. This means we are now in a position to look at the approach of each major party to funding social care in England. Conservatives The Conservative policy is abandon the Dilnot reforms the pa…Read more…

May 18, 2017Touchstone blog

Unions call for more investment in further education

Nov 18, 2016By Dave Prentis blog

General secretary Dave Prentis signs joint letter to chancellor Philip Hammond ahead of autumn statement

The article Unions call for more investment in further education first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…

Nov 18, 2016Dave Prentis blog

We need a properly funded NHS – make your voice heard

Aug 11, 2016By Touchstone blog

This week’s news that United Lincolnshire Hospital’s NHS Trust will be closing its A&E department in Grantham in the evenings due to staff shortages is, in the words of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, “disappointing, yet unsurprising”. The TUC and health unions,  campaigners and think…Read more…

Aug 11, 2016Touchstone blog

NHS funding ‘reset’ – Austerity comes first

Jul 14, 2016By Touchstone blog

In a stark comments given in an interview to the Health Service Journal this week, Jim Mackey, head of NHS Improvement made clear the new policy priority for the NHS – austerity comes first. Ahead of a set of announcements for further belt tightening expected soon – what’s been termed the NHS…Read more…

Jul 14, 2016Touchstone blog

NHS cash crisis reaching a turning point for the worse

Mar 9, 2016By Touchstone blog

We are at a turning point in the growing cash crisis of the NHS. In many areas the threat of cuts and closures could soon be a reality. The NHS cash freeze has barely increased spending in real terms since 2010 while the population has grown and costs …Read more…

Mar 9, 2016Touchstone blog

The NHS funding squeeze must stop: A physiotherapist’s view

Nov 25, 2015By Stronger Unions

I have worked in the NHS for 19 years as a physiotherapist specializing in working with children. There have been some good and bad changes over this period of time, but none have had such a negative…Read more…

Nov 25, 2015Stronger Unions

John McDonnell Catches Up !

Sep 28, 2015By Dave Brinson: NUT Report

Pleased to hear the new Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell (a long standing friend of the NUT) speaking in favour of introducing the Robin Hood Tax- a tiny tax on financial transactions that would…Read more…

Sep 28, 2015Dave Brinson: NUT Report

Sixth-form colleges need funding protection, says UNISON

Aug 12, 2015By Dave Prentis blog

“Sixth form colleges need the same funding protection as schools,” says UNISON in the wake of a report from the Sixth Form College Association highlighting the scale of funding cuts

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Aug 12, 2015Dave Prentis blog

BBC funding settlement is a disaster but far from a done deal

Jul 17, 2015By Touchstone blog

Did the 29 celebrities who wrote to complain about the BBC’s funding settlement this week initiate their letter to the PM or did they not? Who cares?! We very much doubt that Daniel Craig or Stephen Fry were forced by the evil BBC to sign or die! But the spat this threw up in the…

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Jul 17, 2015Touchstone blog

Child Poverty- Still a national disgrace

Jun 29, 2015By Dave Brinson: NUT Report

I have lost track of the number of Tory-leaning folks I have known over the years who have trained as teachers and then undergone a swift political conversion.  Not because the staffroom is…Read more…

Jun 29, 2015Dave Brinson: NUT Report

Education has remained in the shadows of the election debates

May 6, 2015By ATL Speak Out!

And here’s another thing… Our new weekly blog by ATL general secretary Mary Bousted. Education policy has not been a prominent feature of the election campaign.  Political parties have vied for the…Read more…

May 6, 2015ATL Speak Out!

Growing funding crisis in local government threatens public services

Jan 16, 2015By Touchstone blog

A growing funding crisis in local government is threatening the future of local public services in England. According to new analysis published today in Austerity Uncovered significant cuts have already been made to statutory adult social care and children’s services – with more cuts to come….Read more…

Jan 16, 2015Touchstone blog

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