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• Water companies must be regulated better and policed to improve public health

  27-03-2024 16:08
  
  Commenting on the Environment Agency report today (Wednesday) that record levels of raw sewage were pumped out into rivers and the sea last year, UNISON head of environment Donna Rowe-Merriman said:
  “These sewage spillages are a major health risk and are causing untold damage to wildlife and the environment.
  “Water companies are dumping waste at whim and sticking two fingers up to every public health law that’s ever existed. Their selfish actions risk turning the clock back to
  
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• Government’s approach to care visas allows dodgy employers to exploit migrant staff

  27-03-2024 10:00
  
  Commenting on the publication of a report from David Neal, the previous inspector of borders and immigration, on the social licensing scheme for care worker visas, UNISON head of social care Gavin Edwards said:
  “The government doesn’t understand social care. If ministers had even a basic grasp of the sector, they would have reformed it long ago. But instead, the inept approach to the awarding of care visas has given dodgy employers total freedom to exploit overseas sta
  
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• NHS can’t provide quality care until staffing crisis resolved, says UNISON   

  27-03-2024 01:01
  
  Responding to findings published today (Wednesday) by the National Centre for Social Research that public satisfaction with the NHS is the lowest level on record, UNISON head of health Helga Pile said:
  “The NHS cannot provide the quality care people need until the staffing crisis is addressed. Patients are suffering because of government inaction.
  “Low pay and burnout are to blame for nurses, paramedics and other health workers quitting the service.
  “When th
  
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