The public willingness to accept cuts to public services is ‘exhausted’
The article Tide is turning against government’s austerity programme, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Milton Keynes signs up to UNISON ethical care charter
Ethical Care Charter commits council to living wage and not using zero-hours contracts or 15-minute visits, giving dignity to vulnerable people
The article Milton Keynes signs up to UNISON ethical…Read more…
Valuing the social care workforce
Social care is delivered by people, informal carers and workers, not robots. This means improving the quality of care in Scotland has to seriously address workforce issues.
I was facilitating a…Read more…
Welsh social care provider sacks entire staff
UNISON, Britain’s largest public sector union, has reacted angrily to the decision of social care provider Anheddau Cyf, to dismiss its entire staff of 300 people and re-engage them only if they…Read more…
Time to get serious about social care
While sound and fury explodes all around us on NHS spending, spare a thought for the crisis in Scotland’s social care system.
Today, I was in parliament for the launch of the Commission for the…Read more…
Two closure-threatened NI care homes bought
Northern Ireland regional secretary Patricia McKeown says announcement that two of seven Four Seasons homes have beeb bought by local companies comes as a source of relief to the residents and the…Read more…
Four Seasons homes closure
UNISON informed that company plans to close seven care homes across Northern Ireland
The article Four Seasons homes closure first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
WOWPetition to assess full impact of all cuts to support & social care for disabled people
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The Trade Union Bill: T’s story
T works as a night awake care assistant in a residential home for the elderly.
The article The Trade Union Bill: T’s story first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Community led public services can transform inequalities, says report
Thursday 22 October 2015
UNISON Labour Link Media Release – Launch of Commission on Health Inequalities report will take place at 22 October, 9.00am UNISON Scotland, 14 West Campbell St., Glasgow
The report of the Commission on Health Inequalities for the Scottish Labour Party calls for national leadership and community hubs to tackle health inequalities.The Commission for Health InequalitiesRead more…
Government must find the cash to allow the elderly to be cared for with dignity, says UNISON
Commenting on the warning today (Monday), from the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, that dignified care social care for the elderly will be at…Read more…
Government cuts make a mockery of new NICE homecare guidelines, says UNISON
New guidance from government advisors the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) could see a real improvement in the standard of homecare delivered across the UK, but longer visits…Read more…
Gita’s story
Gita Paul was born in Lithuania and came to the UK in 2005 as a 20-year-old looking for work.
The article Gita’s story first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
The New Health and Social Care Economy – Dexter Whitfield
This ground-breaking 96-page report puts the health and social care sector at the centre of importance to achieve sustainable economic growth. Commissioned by New Directions, the definitive analysis…Read more…
Social care staff need UNISON – and some good news from Scotland
#uNDC15 Conference showed just why social work and social care workers need UNISON as it backed a range
Kate Ramsden:
Social Workers’ contempt conviction overturned
of measures demanding safe staffing levels. The union will call on all the UK governments to review staff numbers and introduce regulations to force employers to report staff levels and vacancies annually.
It also raisedRead more…
UNISON demands Stirling and Clacks councils release elusive report
Date: Wednesday 10 June
2015
UNISON has called for the immediate release of all
Ernst & Young documentation relating to the future of social care
and education in Clackmannanshire and Stirling Councils.
In particular, UNISON demand the release of a report –
by accountants Ernst and Young, commissioned by Stirling andRead more…
UNISON warning over public services in Stirling and Clacks
Friday 22 May 2015
Council staff have grave concerns about the future of public services in Stirling and Clackmannanshire, says UNISON.
UNISON will present a report to senior managers in both Stirling and Clackmannanshire Councils today which raise grave concerns about plans to run Clackmannanshire’s education services from Stirling, and Stirling’s social care services from ClackmannanshireRead more…
UNISON slams charity for not paying minimum wage back pay
Friday 1 May 2015
UNISON is furious that The Richmond Fellowship
Scotland is refusing to pay hundreds of pounds in back pay to staff
who have not been paid the national minimum wage.
The trade union will be taking legal action against The
Richmond Fellowship Scotland, who provides care services across
Scotland. UNISON believe The Richmond Fellowship Scotland hasRead more…
Care workers deserve living wage
#stuc15 The STUC endorsed UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter and committed to campaigning for a living wage for all care workers in Scotland. Delegates backed the call from the Chartered Society for Physiotherapy, which recognised the invaluable contribution of care workers to health and social care provision in Scotland and slammed the terrible working conditions for many as exposed by UNISON’s “TimeRead more…
Outsourcing fails service users and workers
The outsourcing of public services provision to private providers has a detrimental impact on the workforce and a knock-on effect on the quality of care, says a new TUC report published today. The…Read more…