Staff, care home residents and their families are celebrating after a successful campaign to save Notrees Care Home in West Berkshire
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Data published today (Tuesday) by the Office for National Statistics shows that more than a thousand deaths in care homes and in the community were registered up to 10 April. In the South East alone, there have been 170 deaths in care homes as a result of Covid-19 with the highest number in Surrey (36). Responding to […]
UNISON campaign sees council significantly change direction and pledge no compulsory redundancies
Commenting on the government’s new scheme for social care employers that sets out to address the problems where sleep-in staff have not been paid the minimum wage, UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea said: “This scheme helps no-one. The care system is creaking at the seams, and no-one wants to see it plunged further into crisis. […]
Government move a ‘cruel blow’ to carers denied the minimum wage for sleep-ins