Chancellor side-steps social care crisis
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‘We need to promote settled status scheme’
Community conference hears of threat to social care workforce
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‘We are in the business of protecting the most vulnerable people’
Community conference sets out key policies in social care, housing, health and safety and much more
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Rotherham Council signs UNISON’s ethical care charter
Authority makes commitment to ensure staff are treated with respect
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Immigration plans “spell disaster for care sector”, says UNISON
Ending the supply of workers will leave vulnerable with no support
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Barriers to overseas recruitment will disrupt care, says UNISON
Christina McAnea warns proposals will cause uncertainty and instability
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New NHS community response teams show the need for social care investment, says UNISON
Solving problems caused by care underfunding
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Financial and workforce challenges for social care in Scotland
Two new reports again highlight the problems facing social care in Scotland but offer few indications that a credible solution is on the horizon.
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Social care record condemned
Seminar hears that government has been in office for almost 10 years, yet has not even produced a green paper on social care
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Transforming social care in Scotland
If there is one issue that ought to be at the top of any policy agenda in Scotland, it is social care. One in 24 people in Scotland receive funded care support, and they deserve better.
Over half a…Read more…
A month of perennial change
But championing and defending our members are always on UNISON’s agenda
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‘Cocktail of calamities’ pushing people into A&E
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…
Labour would change social care for the better
UNISON welcomes set of solid proposals that will improve the lives of so many
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A Labour government would mean social care gets the attention it deserves, says UNISON
Proposals will transform lives of those in need and care workers
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Billions needed to address jaw-dropping council funding cuts
Funding announced in the Chancellor’s spending review goes nowhere near to solving this
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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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UNISON takes a step forward at Cornerstone
Central Arbitration Committee says union’s bid for statutory recognition can go head at Scottish care charity
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Social Worker of the Year Awards
Nominations close at midnight on Friday 19 July
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Extreme poverty rising
More than half of families visited by child support workers are destitute, a new survey of social workers and health visitors has revealed. The survey of 1,200 frontline support professionals…Read more…
‘Broken system’
Dementia sufferers have forked out nearly £15bn of their own cash over the last two years while waiting for government reforms to end Britain’s burgeoning social care crisis, according to Alzheimer’s…Read more…