Stopping the virus in its tracks and keeping pupils and communities safe should be a top priority
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Rising prices have left public service pay ‘well and truly behind’, says UNISON
Pay awards and wage offers significantly below the cost of living will do nothing to address the growing staffing crises in health and care
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Extra safety measures are the right approach but still more can be done, says UNISON
Public must play their part to ease pressure on NHS
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Public money for care should not be filling offshore bank accounts
Social care cash should stay within the system to improve care and invest in the workforce
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White paper fails to fix workforce shortage or mend broken system in social care
Government has not delivered bold, ambitious plan that is needed
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Council and school workers deserve much more than below-inflation pay offer as strike ballot begins
Recommendation is to vote yes to strike action
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Government must not dither and delay again over pay, says UNISON
A properly funded pay award will help the NHS withstand present and future pressures.
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PPE shortcomings must be a key focus of public inquiry
Lessons must be learned about how workers were left defenceless
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Dithering over social care must end immediately with a proper pay boost for workers
Care shortages having serious impact on vulnerable
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Schools risk support staff exodus over pay, warns UNISON
Many have reached a point where they simply can’t afford to stay in the job they love.
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Staff ensuring health and care safety deserve fair pay
Strike ballot to be launched for CQC workers
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Staffing levels in care ‘dangerously low’ with dying residents denied dignified end, says UNISON survey
Survey shows staff having to choose between supporting residents in final hours and needs of other residents
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Staffing levels in care ‘dangerously low’ with dying residents denied dignified end, says UNISON survey
Survey shows not enough staff to sit with residents in their final hours or change soiled sheets
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Bulb collapse shows public energy supplier needed
Government action to buy energy for consumers would limit pain
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Public service workers are falling way behind spiralling living costs
Rocketing inflation leaves staff struggling and harms recruitment
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Above-inflation pay rise is key to nurse numbers
Proper recruitment drive also needed
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Long ambulance delays causing distress for patients and staff
There are real fears that staff and services will be unable to cope as demand inevitably increases.
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Double-jab rule risks care collapse, says UNISON
Christina McAnea warns of staffing catastrophe ahead of double-jab deadline
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Forced jab rule in the NHS risks doing more harm than good
This sledgehammer approach risks doing more harm than good.
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Improving pay is the way to solve care staffing crisis
Slick ad campaign glosses over exploitation and lack of sick pay
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