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• Low-paid health workers shouldn’t have had to strike for one-off payment, says UNISON

  26-03-2024 10:34
  
  Commenting on the government funding that will now allow thousands of health workers to receive the one-off payment given to NHS staff last year, UNISON head of health Helga Pile said:
  “Low-paid health workers shouldn’t have had to go on strike and lose money to win the cash that’s rightfully theirs.
  “Nor should they have had to wait many months for the one-off payments their directly employed NHS colleagues got months ago.
  “Private firms, social ente
  
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• Government neglect of care has led to low level of public satisfaction, says UNISON

  26-03-2024 10:32
  
  Commenting on the findings from the British Social Attitudes Survey, published by the King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust which show falling levels of public satisfaction with social care, UNISON head of social care Gavin Edwards said:
  “The government has stood back and watched as social care slides further into crisis. No wonder satisfaction levels are plummeting.
  “Generally, staff aren’t treated well and with poverty pay rates all that’s usually on offer,
  
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