Instead of investing in staffing, ministers introduced restrictive immigration policies and cut training budgets, all of which end up costing the NHS more than necessary in the long term
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Care staff are often too overworked to have time to take elderly people to the toilet, give them a wash or console those in distress, according to a report published today (Friday) by UNISON. The...
Much more needs to be done to improve the social care sector and restore the dignity that’s lacking
The article UNISON responds to CQC State of Care report first appeared on the UNISON National site.
A big change for homecare workers in Knowsley
The article North west council becomes latest to sign up to ethical care first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON member and care worker Nicole Stanfield Caile went to Parliament recently to put the case for care workers
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The legal decision today (Friday) not to count sleep-in shifts as working time is wrong, and is at odds with legal precedents and a common sense understanding of what counts as work, says UNISON....
Cutting income tax for people earning more than £1m per year has deprived the Exchequer of more than £11.1bn over the past sixyears, according to new analysis by UNISON published today (Sunday). The...
UNISON’s national delegate conference votes to enact a detailed ten-point plan to fight for social care and the NHS
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New report published in run-up to government green paper
The article UNISON vows to highlight crucial value of social care first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Commenting today (Monday) on the Commons Health and Social Care Committee report on integrated care, UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea said: “Competition and the internal market...