Social work staff who provide emergency out-of-hours cover in Argyll and Bute have voted to take industrial action in consultative ballots run jointly by two unions. Both Unite and UNISON
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Patients face long waits for scans and X-rays due to a 33% shortfall in the NHS radiology workforce, a royal college is warning. The NHS needs at least another 1,939
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More than 400,000 members of England’s adult social care workforce have not received a coronavirus vaccine, figures suggest. Some 80.4% of eligible staff working at older adult care homes had
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More than nine in 10 members of the GMB Scotland union have rejected a “derisory” pay offer for council workers, increasing the prospect of strikes. An offer on the table
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The Government is facing a fresh attack after confirming it will not pay a bonus to NHS and social care workers in England. A petition signed by thousands of people
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Medics have written a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging him to massively increase investment in NHS staffing. Groups and unions representing NHS workers have said increased demand for
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Union and charity leaders have joined forces to urge the Government to reform minimum wage laws affecting thousands of care workers. Unison and Mencap have written jointly to the Prime
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More than a quarter of local government workers in Scotland have sought medical help for mental health issues in the past year, a trade union survey has indicated. More than
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One of the most iconic memories of the first lockdown of the pandemic is the sound of applause echoing across our cities and towns each week as the people of
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The vaccination rate for staff at older adult care homes is below the level recommended by scientists advising the Government in more than half of England’s local authorities, figures show.
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