Instead of seeking solutions to serious problems, ministers are demonising migrant workers and seeking scapegoats
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Jenrick plan to cap migrant workers would collapse care system, says UNISON
Instead of seeking solutions to serious problems, ministers are demonising migrant workers and seeking scapegoats
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Government must apologise to care staff over ‘no jab, no job’ rule, says UNISON
Thousands of dedicated and experienced staff have been lost to the sector.
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The Health and Care Bill: All you need to know
The government made last minute amendments to the Health and Care Bill this week – changes that will hit the poorest the hardest. Here’s all you need to know and where things are at the moment
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Pushed over the brink
Our Party built the NHS – now it’s our task to help save it
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Don’t wait until it’s too late to bring back mask wearing and social distancing
Making mask wearing optional back in the summer was a mistake
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New evaluation system should help government concentrate on delivering for social care, says UNISON
Christina McAnea says reform needed to address gaping chasm between ministers’ pledges and the reality
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Coronavirus: online learning update
New resources available for health and safety reps and care workers at our dedicated learning.unison.org.uk site
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‘I am not going to stop working’: on the care frontline during COVID-19
‘Everybody is worried about the virus. Carers are worried for themselves, and worried for our clients too’
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Health and social care ‘on its knees’
Report highlights devastating impact of short-term planning and long-term underinvestment in health and social care
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Fragmented and fragile: it’s time to fix social care
New report argues that care workers are overlooked, undervalued and in desperate need of investment
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Ministers must act now to stop social care crisis getting even worse
Lords report urges spending boost
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When I went to Parliament and spoke up for care workers
UNISON member and care worker Nicole Stanfield Caile went to Parliament recently to put the case for care workers
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UNISON conference makes the case for a ‘Workers’ Brexit’
Tories pushing the UK ‘towards a cliff edge’, Brighton delegates are told
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Care sector ‘is vital for our society and our economy’
UNISON sets out priorities at successful first national social care seminar
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UNISON comments on the NHS ‘rent a room’ scheme
This scheme looks like another dangerous experiment
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Mencap to pay care workers minimum wage for sleep-ins
Mencap has agreed to pay care workers above the national minimum wage for sleep-ins, following a successful campaign by UNISON. The charity has been in dispute with UNISON over its failure to pay…Read more…
Shifting the balance of power
Devolution is finally reaching the English regions. On May 4 voters get to elect the first tranche of “metro mayors”
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Plans to let councils opt out of legal duties to children dropped
UNISON welcomes government move after months of campaigning on Children and Social Work Bill (England)
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NHS reforms will fail without more money and staff involvement, says UNISON
New NHS plans for health and care services are doomed unless the government invests more cash and listens to staff and patients, says UNISON. The details of nearly all 44 NHS sustainability and…Read more…