Pioneering Twenty First Century Social Care
By 2050, it’s predicted that four times as many people will need social care as today*, which will result in a major resourcing crisis for the care sector.
Read MoreBy 2050, it’s predicted that four times as many people will need social care as today*, which will result in a major resourcing crisis for the care sector.
Read MoreLandlords in Northern Ireland are receiving £140m a year from housing benefit, figures released by the Housing Executive have shown. A shortage of social housing means the Housing Executive is using privately rented accommodation more frequently.
Read MoreFrantic attempts are being made to halt a strike by hundreds of Glasgow social care workers. Crisis talks were being held today between strike leaders and council chiefs who are pledging to put more cash on the table in a bid to end the strike.
{mosimage}The breakthrough comes 48hrs after more than half of the city’s 600 social care workers began an indefinite strike and will see the creation of a new job title with more pay. The move comes as letters from Glasgow City Council dropped through the doors of all 5600 staff from the social work department.
The letter quotes Depute Director Social Work Services Rab Murray as saying he believes the strike to be “unnecessary and premature”. He adds: “It is important you have the facts so you can understand the current strike and decide whether to support it.”
The workers are furious with the outcome of a pay and benefits review which has seen them put into a new grade which they claim lowers their maximum earning potential by between £1000 and £5000. Council bosses claim that 367 staff have been given a wage rise but admit they have had to protect the pay of another 247 workers until March, 2009, as they stand to lose up to £1003 a year.
The city council knows the dispute is likely to escalate if a deal can’t be thrashed out quickly. Strike leaders with Unison are currently balloting 1000 social workers and practice team leaders. Unison is confident most of their balloted members will vote to join the dispute.
Read MoreThe number of women from Northern Ireland going to England for abortions has risen for the first time in five years, it can be. New statistics from the Department of Health in Whitehall show 1,295 women with addresses in Northern Ireland had abortions in England in 2006.
Read MoreThe killer of Polish student Angelika Kluk has had a heart attack in prison. Peter Tobin, 60, who was jailed for life in May for the rape and murder of Miss Kluk in September 2006, was taken ill in Peterhead Prison on Wednesday.
Read MoreOne of Scotland’s leading academics has been called in to decide the fate of threatened accident and emergency units. Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon yesterday appointed Dr Andrew Walker to head a panel on the future of departments at Monklands in Airdrie and Ayr Hospitals.
Read MoreEvery person who leaves or enters Britain will be electronically screened under new measures designed to expose terrorists hiding among the travelling public, Gordon Brown announced yesterday.
Read MoreA woman walking her dog was brutally raped by a gang of four men in the west end of Glasgow in the early hours of yesterday.
Read MoreMost A&E departments in England do not identify problem drinkers or offer them long-term help when they seek treatment, a study says.
Read MoreSix disabled people have been arrested in connection with what is believed to be the widespread abuse of a scheme to help wheelchair-users buy cars.
Read More