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Government’s approach to care visas allows dodgy employers to exploit migrant staff
If ministers had even a basic grasp of the sector, they would have reformed it long ago.
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Care changes are a start but won’t solve staffing crisis
What’s needed is the proper reform that can only come from a national care service.
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Council funding boost will do nothing to fix deep-rooted problems in social care
What’s needed is a national care service that’s adequately funded, with proper standards and fair pay for its workforce.
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Matt Hancock’s actions during the pandemic left the care sector exposed, says UNISON
The Conservatives had been in power for ten years when Covid struck.
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The social care crisis is worsening by the minute, says UNISON
Ministers must take responsibility and pledge to deliver a well-funded national care service with nationwide pay scales.
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Ignoring the social care crisis will worsen the broken system, says UNISON
Deep-rooted staffing problems will only begin to be resolved by addressing endemic low pay in the sector.
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Boost wages to reform broken ‘bargain-basement’ social care system, says UNISON
Vacancy rates are rocketing because care workers are underpaid for a difficult and skilled job.
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Underfunded adult social care will continue to lose staff unless ministers act, says UNISON
Nothing short of a complete overhaul of the care sector will do.
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Ministers must adopt Migration Advisory Committee recommendations to beef-up care staff numbers, says UNISON
Care employers are losing people in droves to warehouses, supermarkets and onlin…
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Somerset decision risks Covid care home spread, says UNISON
No one with Covid should be going in to work
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Government must do more to persuade care staff to have the jab
Attempting to force staff to comply by threatening their livelihoods is just plain wrong