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Conference affirms there should be no profiteering from social care

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

Article on the UNISON National site.
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High Court rules that government orders to discharge untested Covid patients was illegal, says UNISON

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

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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The hall at community conference 2022
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Care workers put their lives on the line for £8.72 an hour during COVID

When UNISON’s community service group held it’s conference in Glasgow last week, pay for social care workers was top of the agenda

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
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Somerset decision risks Covid care home spread, says UNISON  

No one with Covid should be going in to work

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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stressed filipina nurse taking phonecall at home
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‘If you want a reference, pay up.’ How UK care homes are exploiting overseas nurses

UNISON has discovered cases of care home employers trapping overseas nurses in exploitative workplaces and charging them thousands of pounds if they try to leave

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NHS and social care reform ‘doomed’ without staff or funding to deliver, says UNISON 

This is yet another government policy without substance.

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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Jab backdown the right thing to do, but the damage has already been done, says UNISON

These ill-thought-out rules have worsened the staffing crisis hampering the NHS and social care and caused significant upset. 

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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Christina McAnea: my first year as your general secretary

UNISON’s general secretary on a ‘challenging and demanding year’ as the union continued to navigate the pandemic – and her goals moving forward

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White paper fails to fix workforce shortage or mend broken system in social care

Government has not delivered bold, ambitious plan that is needed

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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Improving pay is the way to solve care staffing crisis

Slick ad campaign glosses over exploitation and lack of sick pay

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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