Search Results for “Local government” tagged retired people: health and social care

What I saw will stay with me forever. As I walked in, he was shaking. He was wearing just a T-shirt. Here was a doubly incontinent man, left alone and wet in the dark and cold, just waiting for […]

By 2013/14 the Spending Review will have cut grants to Councils by £4.3bn while handing companies £3.75bn in cuts to Corporation Tax, where is the fairness in that? “Eric […]

EPSU general secretary Jan Willem Goudriaan’s message to UNISON’s local government conference was that we could change Europe for the betterment of the majority of its people

Seminar encourages members to get involved in campaigns

The marches in London, Glasgow and Belfast will send the government a strong message that people want a Future that Works

Northern Ireland regional secretary Patricia McKeown says announcement that two of seven Four Seasons homes have been bought by local companies comes as a source of relief to the residents and the affected staff

 "We know the Bill is a cynical attempt to stop those who have complaints about the coalition government and their policies from being able to voice them in the run up to the 2015 general election […]

Please take a minute to send an email to your local councillorto ask them to adopt the charter. You will be helping to create communities where people […]

Flouting of minimum wage law must be challenged, says the union.

With less than a year to go to the general election, UNISON is launching its manifesto for public services

Yasmin Qureshi gives her support to Bolton UNISON petition urging council to sign-up to UNISON’s care charter

Discussion in Parliament is informed by the work of UNISON and the experiences of members working in homecare

UNISON’s national delegate conference meets in Liverpool next week to set the union’s priorities for the year ahead

They are also fighting to preserve a service to some of the most vulnerable people in society and I want to show our admiration and solidarity for a brave and principled group of people

But he said it was important for the Department of Health to work with local authorities to make sure that the providers they commission services from have a high-quality […]