Delegates waiting to speak

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

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.

The hall at community conference 2022

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

Somerset decision risks Covid care home spread, says UNISON  

No one with Covid should be going in to work

stressed filipina nurse taking phonecall at home

‘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

Behind the headlines, Magazine, UNISON people on the Magazine site.

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

This is yet another government policy without substance.

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. 

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

Magazine, UNISON on film on the Magazine site.

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

Government has not delivered bold, ambitious plan that is needed

Improving pay is the way to solve care staffing crisis

Slick ad campaign glosses over exploitation and lack of sick pay

Care sector pushed to brink by staffing catastrophe

Care employees have been undervalued and ignored for too long.

Government can’t keep ignoring social care crisis

Tens of thousands of older people and those with disabilities aren’t getting the care they desperately need

President Jopsie Bird at the end of special delegate conference receives gifts and applause

Conference ends with urgent call for fairer workplaces

Delegates look to building a better future when the pandemic is finally over

Stage set for UNISON's 2021 virtual special delegate conference

The COVID experience: difficult to talk about, but vital that we do

Conference hears of the experiences of NHS workers in the pandemic – and debates what is needed to restore and improve the health service and social care

List of failures shows how little government understands about care sector

Overhaul of care needed now