Scots projects share £400K funding for long term conditions
22 new projects across Scotland will share a slice of £400,000 funding from the Self Management IMPACT Fund to support new ways of working. This investment from the Self
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Tag: Pay and Conditions
Council homeless workers to strike in pay grade dispute
Seventy workers in Glasgow City Council’s Homeless Service will walk out this lunchtime in a dispute over their pay grade. The workers are all members of the trade union UNISON
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Zero-hours staff reveal fears over speaking out on rights
Workers on zero-hours contracts and irregular hours are afraid to speak out about their rights for fear of losing their job, a new report has revealed. A study by Citizens
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Head of Social Work calls for living wage for care workers
Failing to pay the living wage to care workers risks affecting the standard of care received by vulnerable people, the Head of Social Work at Birmingham City University has warned.
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Cancer survival 10 years behind other European countries
Survival rates for common cancers in the UK are trailing 10 years behind other European countries, a charity has warned. Macmillan Cancer Support said survival rates in many places from
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Academy research highlights Scotland’s health inequalities
The Health and Social Care Academy has published its latest thinkpiece, The Right To Health: Health Inequalities in Scotland, highlighting the issue of Scotland’s growing health inequalities. The thinkpiece has been produced
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Dangerous gaps in care of long-term health conditions
Better care should be provided to the millions of people living with long-term health conditions in the UK that cost the NHS £75 billion a year, a report has warned.
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Engage: How do we afford the living wage for care workers?
Des Kelly OBE argues that pay for care workers is one of the most important issues facing social care … and one of the most controversial How many care
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Scots health staff to get recommended 1% pay increase
From 1 April this year, NHS staff in Scotland are to benefit from an independently recommended pay rise, after the Scottish Government accepted recommendations from the NHS Pay Review Body
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Outsourcing job contracts impacts care standards, TUC
Outsourcing public services leads to staff working longer hours for less pay and worse contracts, according to a new study. The TUC said that workers in privatised services are more
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