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Responding to the Care Quality Commission’s annual state of care report published today (Tuesday), UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “There’s not enough funding for social care, and out of hours support and NHS 111 are a mess. “This cocktail of calamities is pushing people into A&E who shouldn’t be there, with patients and staff the […]
Now isn’t the time for game playing or cheap political stunts
Cuts to schools are deeply unfair
More than 2000 staff affected
Report highlights devastating impact of short-term planning and long-term underinvestment in health and social care
Forcing workers could be counter-productive
Campaign will go on, to seek justice
Brexit must be sorted but not by crashing out of Europe
Education unions reveal schools worse off than in 2015
Government service provider supports scheme to protect employees
Promises for services are just electioneering
It’s time to draw a line under a system that continually wastes time and money
Stuart Tuckwood has been appointed UNISON’s national nursing officer to help the union promote and defend the interests of nurses. He took up the position this month (September). A registered adult nurse, Stuart spent the past five years at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, where he worked in major trauma rehabilitation and later as a charge […]
Jeremy Corbyn has set out “inspiring vision” for future
Commenting on the Supreme Court ruling today (Tuesday) that the decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “A man who thinks he’s above the law is a man not fit to be Prime Minister. “His blatant attempt to shut down democracy has failed. Now politicians can return to holding the […]