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The annual conference was held in Bournemouth on Friday 3 and Saturday 4 March

Suffolk care workers and their supporters will protest outside Thursday’s full council meeting demanding more is done to support social care. The union is ringing the alarm bell about the numbers of staff leaving the sector. A Skills for Care report last month showed that staff turnover rates for social care in England were at […]

Date

1 December 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm

Location

Outside Endeavour House, Russell Road, Ipswich, IP1 2BX

Join UNISON to push Suffolk County Council to: Invest more in recruitment and retention of care staff, Halt the haemorrhaging of staff leaving the care sector, Ensure any underspend is dedicated to raising the level of staff in social care. This protest is part of UNISON Suffolk County’s You Care, We Care campaign. Outcome

The prime minister and the health secretary must make social care a priority

Pay and proper planning is key to fixing NHS and social care

For too long, the government has ignored pay and staffing.

Thousands of care workers in Wales are facing a double whammy of sky-high bills and the threat of poverty after the latest government decision on sick pay, warns public services union UNISON. Care workers in Wales will not receive any top up to their sick pay if they have to self-isolate from the end of […]

The government’s had years to improve the workforce situation but has done little.

Nothing short of a complete overhaul of the care sector will do.

Whether it’s gender equality, green jobs or a more productive economy – social care should be a central part of a modern industrial strategy, Westminster event hears

Cabinet shares responsibility with Boris Johnson for state of the UK

Local government delegates debate motions on social care and the importance of bringing the entire sector back in-house

Social care workers in Suffolk are taking their campaign for fair pay straight to county councillors on Thursday with a rally outside council headquarters. Union UNISON has organised the demonstration to persuade councillors to support a motion recognising the vital work of social care staff. The motion, proposed by Labour’s Sandy Martin, calls on Suffolk […]

Date

26 May 2022 5:00pm–6:00pm

But if care workers get together we can transform the sector. Join our working group to discuss ways we can improve pay […]

Covid spread like wildfire as untested but positive patients were discharged from hospitals.