Local government delegates debate motions on social care and the importance of bringing the entire sector back in-house
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Covid spread like wildfire as untested but positive patients were discharged from hospitals.
When UNISON’s community service group held it’s conference in Glasgow last week, pay for social care workers was top of the agenda
No one with Covid should be going in to work
‘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
This is yet another government policy without substance.
These ill-thought-out rules have worsened the staffing crisis hampering the NHS and social care and caused significant upset.
UNISON’s general secretary on a ‘challenging and demanding year’ as the union continued to navigate the pandemic – and her goals moving forward
Government has not delivered bold, ambitious plan that is needed
Slick ad campaign glosses over exploitation and lack of sick pay
Care employees have been undervalued and ignored for too long.
Tens of thousands of older people and those with disabilities aren’t getting the care they desperately need
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
Overhaul of care needed now