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30-minute webinar: Let’s make care work in the South East

Date
3 May 2024 2:30pm–3:00pm
Location
Online

To find out how you can help transform the social care sector, UNISON South East is running a 30-minute session on Friday 3 May at 2:30 PM.

Event on the UNISON South East site.
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Undoing the NHS market a necessary step, but absence of a plan for social care disappointing

Commenting on the publication yesterday (Thursday) of the health and social care white paper, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “Scaling back the damaging internal market that forces the NHS to compete against itself and the private sector can’t happen soon enough. “Eight years ago, the then government was warned its changes wouldn’t work and would […]

Article on the UNISON South East site.
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Give all councils greater share of business rates to fund social care, says UNISON

But Surrey has been told it can hold on to more of the cash it raises in return for abandoning a referendum on increasing council tax by 15 per cent. The £1.8bn cost of allowing […]

Article, News on the UNISON South East site.
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Home care: Low paid workers told to wait for back pay

It also wrote off historic fines and penalties for underpayment before today. “Each year, care workers are collectively cheated of £130m in […]

Article on the UNISON South East site.
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