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Careworker Mitsy tells her story

The charter also aims to ensure adequate staffing levels and enough time for workers to look after vulnerable people. It is being driven by a £1.5m cash […]

The agreement came after Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) council referred the issue to the Health & Wellbeing scrutiny panel […]

Many members spoke of how critical it is to address the issues of health and social care together, and that problems in one affect the other. One member pointed out that one […]

UNISON sets out priorities at successful first national social care seminar

‘We cannot afford to walk away from the care needs of our elders – and nor can our politicians’

Omar Ramadan has severe haemophilia – a disorder that impairs the body’s ability to control blood clotting – and he cares for his mother who has Alzheimer’s.

“Every aspect of health and social care is at breaking point. And the government consistently refuses to do anything about […]

Cheshire West and Chester is latest local authority to sign up to better care and better conditions for care workers

North Ayrshire becomes latest local authority to put its name to union’s Ethical Care Charter, committing itself to standards for home care services and working conditions

Along with several colleagues, and with the legal support of UNISON, she is taking her employer to court. Homecare workers look […]

They help with day-to-day tasks such as cleaning, shopping and food preparation and cooking, as well as personal care. By the signing the charter in National […]

The mayoral candidate for Great Manchester outlines plans for a fully-integrated health and social care service

Many UNISON members will be keeping the country going over Christmas and the new year

This means homecare workers rarely have time to administer the level of care needed. And workers are being sent to people’s homes without sufficient training to carry out sometimes quite […]