Check our campaign briefing for SOS Day on 16 Novembers for ways you can get involved
The article ‘Social care is at a tipping point’ first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
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Check our campaign briefing for SOS Day on 16 Novembers for ways you can get involved
The article ‘Social care is at a tipping point’ first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Do you use social care services for older people (aged 65 or over) or look after someone who does? UNISON would like to hear about your experience
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The crisis in adult social care is set to worsen due to a growing funding gap, UNISON has told the Communities and Local Government Committee.
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Where next for UNISON’s Save Our Local Services campaign in 2016?
The article Social care services for older people first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Omar Ramadan has severe haemophilia – a disorder that impairs the body’s ability to control blood clotting – and he cares for his mother who has Alzheimer’s.
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East Midlands council signs up to quality care and fair pay during National Carers’ Week
The article Nottingham signs up to UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
‘The cuts have shattered our enthusiasm’
The article The truth about the cuts: the disability support worker first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
‘The cuts have shattered our enthusiasm’
The article The truth about the cuts: the disability support worker first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
MPs praise UNISON’s campaign to support care workers who are ‘illegally’ under-paid
The article Care workers continue to be denied the minimum wage first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Ethical Care Charter commits council to living wage and not using zero-hours contracts or 15-minute visits, giving dignity to vulnerable people
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Polly Smith is a homecare worker
The article ♡ UNISON: the union has empowered me to speak up first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Polly Smith is a homecare worker
The article ♡ UNISON: the union has empowered me to speak up first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Three quarters of councils continue to insist on 15-minute homecare visits for elderly and disabled people, UNISON reveals
The article Homecare in crisis first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
UNISON has revealed today that 74% of local authorities in England are still limiting homecare visits for their elderly, ill and disabled residents to just 15 minutes.
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UNISON statement on announcement that Garvagh Care Home will close in May
The article Closure of Four Seasons home first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Careworker Mitsy tells her story
The article ‘UNISON means? Confidence, learning and not getting a pay cut’ first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Can you imagine having to have someone else help you brush your teeth? How about to get you out of bed, or even to wash you? What if it was a stranger each time? Over half a million adults in the UK…Read more…
Many UNISON members will be keeping the country going over Christmas and the new year
The article ‘Our members support our communities every day of the year’ first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Graeme Ellis’s experience of homecare made him determined to improve the lives of others in his situation
The article When the cared for becomes the carer first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Cornish care company Cormac has signed up to UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter, the first in the South West to do so
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