Search Results for “Local government” tagged social care

Gita Paul was born in Lithuania and came to the UK in 2005 as a 20-year-old looking for work.

Only urgent steps by the government to fund the social care system properly will give NICE’s new standards any chance of ever […]

Commenting on the warning today (Monday), from the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, that dignified care social care for the elderly will be at risk unless the government makes more money available, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “Government spending cuts have put local authority budgets under intolerable […]

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

Anheddau Cyf sacks 300 people to re-engage them only if they accept swinging cuts to their terms and conditions

“The council’s adoption of the charter enables good employment conditions and quality training, which helps to reduce staff turnover and improve the quality of care for […]

“The government must see that the UK needs more care provision as people are living longer and have increasingly complex needs. “Hospitals are constantly hamstrung because they can’t […]

The public willingness to accept cuts to public services is ‘exhausted’

If caught out for failing to pay for travel time, firms seldom make amends and correct the payments across the whole of the workforce. Judith Montgomery’s case highlights the issue of unpaid […]

Many local authorities do not pay care providers enough to deliver appropriate care packages and the vast […]

“The government, local councils and the care companies all know that social care is in a dire state, that there’s […]

He told local radio station Pulse: "Completely unhappy staff who care for some of the most vulnerable people in […]

The union has been raising concerns about the impact of government cuts on social care since austerity measures were forced on local authorities more than five years […]

Just 1% of social workers questioned by UNISON believe the government’s reforms address the main concerns they face. The government wants to give councils the power […]

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Ill-conceived government plans to remove statutory duties protecting children should never have been put forward. “Social workers recognised the danger of removing decades of child protection law, it’s a pity ministers didn’t bother to ask them about the risks posed by the proposals. “The Lords have seen sense and […]