Half the public believe the Government did not prioritise care homes enough as the Covid-19 pandemic started, a survey suggests. Research by the Fawcett Society among more than 2,000 adults
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One of the UK’s largest care home providers will now give full pay to workers self-isolating as they wait to be tested for coronavirus. HC-One staff members were told of
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Private care home staff in Scotland are “terrified” to be tested for Covid-19 due to fears they will suffer financially due to self-isolation, a union leader has claimed. Speaking on
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Social care staff are to receive a pay rise to equal the real living wage in Scotland. The announcement was made at the daily coronavirus briefing, chaired by Scottish health
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Almost 400,000 care workers helping England’s vulnerable and elderly adults are on zero-hours contracts, which unions argue could discourage those infected with coronavirus from staying off work. Activists and the
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Carers who have to sleep at their workplace in case they are needed overnight are ready to work and should be paid minimum wage for their whole shift, Supreme Court
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Almost half of all NHS senior staff plan to leave or are considering leaving the service due to the pensions crisis, according to a new report. A survey by NHS
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Nurses have suspended strike action over pay in the first major coup for restored power-sharing at Stormont. Extra money for salary parity with England and promises on safe staffing levels
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Nurses will receive a pay rise in a “breakthrough” bid to end strike action which has paralysed the health service in Northern Ireland, the new Health Minister said. Robin Swann
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Stormont’s new health minister is to meet trade unions involved in ongoing strike action as other parties face questions as to why they avoided the portfolio. Ulster Unionist minister Robin
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