Funding and support for staff essential to build modern NHS, says UNISON

Christina McAnea says fair pay agreement will lift care staff from poverty wages

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Care overspend shows urgent need for reform of sector, says UNISON

Councils often only intervening at crisis point due to funding strains

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
Christina McAnea giving evidence to the Covid Inquiry

Social care sector has yet to learn the lessons of pandemic, says UNISON   

Christina McAnea highlights need for social care reform in evidence to Covid Inquiry

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Visa reforms needed to keep care sector from collapse, says UNISON

UNISON responds to latest figures on visa applications from care and health workers

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
Wes Streeting, Labour MP and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care addressing the Unison 2025 National Health Care Service Group Conference in Liverpool, UK.

Streeting tells health conference: ‘The challenge is enormous’

‘We will always defend the NHS as a public service, free at the point of use, so that when you fall ill, you never have to worry about the bill’

Article on the UNISON National site.
Portrait of Sam Thornton, standing in a park, with coat and scarf

Light at the end of the tunnel  

Members Sam Thornton and Jill Cartwright believe that their working lives could be transformed when the Employment Rights Bill is passed into law

Making social care work in England

A national care service in England is becoming a reality – but there’s still much to do

National care service and fair pay must be priority for new commission, says UNISON

Union says action needed urgently to create world-class service

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Councils urged to back national care service to fix ‘broken’ system, says UNISON

Union calls on councillors across England to support motion for social care reform

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Care sector faces ‘long and hard’ road to recovery after years of neglect, says UNISON    

Fair pay agreement and national care service are needed for people get vital support.

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.