We are delighted to announce a new webinar for UNISON’s social care activists. This marks the beginning of an exciting new project to revitalise the region’s approach to the sector and will include details of ‘Care After Covid’, UNISON’s vision for social care. The webinar is open to all stewards, workplace contacts, health and safety […]
In his latest regional secretary’s blog, Tim Roberts sifts through the wreckage of our social care system and finds there’s still hope for something better
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The role of the NHS in the Covid-19 crisis has really shone a positive spotlight on our essential UNISON members, who have worked endless hours throughout, caring for others
It’s perverse that ministers ignore the contribution of care and NHS support staff
UNISON has launched s new vision for a national social care service that will do away with the weak, fragmented system exposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. In Care After Covid: A Vision for Social Care, the union lays out the case for a national system that could properly deal with the day-to-day challenges of caring […]
Social care needs top-to-toe reform
Welcoming the announcement today from First Minister Mark Drakeford that all staff employed in social care – including kitchen and cleaning staff – are to receive a £500 payment, UNISON Wales lead for care Mark Turner said: “This is great news for low-paid care workers across Wales. There had been concern that some staff not involved […]
Department of Health will provide funding for care homes to pay staff 80% of their salary when on sick leave for coronavirus
On the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea looks at the fight we still face
Government must ensure cash goes to staff
Responding to figures published today (Tuesday) by the Office for National Statistics showing 1,800 care home deaths in the South East of England linked to coronavirus up to 8 May, UNISON South East regional secretary Steve Torrance said: “This is a shocking price being paid by elderly and vulnerable people whose families believed they were being kept […]
Stop Leicestershire County Care Ltd Putting Profit Before People Plans by a major Leicestershire care home employer to make drastic cuts to pay, sick leave and holidays for more than 100 staff are beyond belief. The move by Leicestershire County Care, whose parent company Johnson Care Group made accumulated profits of £4.8m last year, is an ‘insult’ to already low-paid workers who are […]
We must grasp the chance to fix the broken care system
‘When the clapping dies down, UNISON will still be fighting for care workers to be properly treated’
