Responding to changes announced by the UK Health Security Agency today (Wednesday) removing the need for a confirmatory PCR test for asymptomatic Covid cases in England, UNISON assistant general secretary Jon Richards said:
“Public service workers were already under huge strain to maintain services and Omicron absences have ratcheted the pressure to new levels.
“These changes to testing requirements must be carefully managed to avoid further spread in environments such as hospit
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Testing changes must not be used in isolation, says UNISON
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We will be there for our members in 2022
I’m sure we all wanted to start January with hopes for a better year ahead, but that’s a bit difficult when Boris Johnson is still in charge in Westminster.
What that means for working people, and all trade unionists – especially our members in UNISON who the government relies on to deliver almost every part of their pandemic response – is that they will continue to carry the burden of politicians’ failings.
Despite Boris Johnson’s years spent in politics, and
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