General election 2017: Social care

With just a few days to go, UNISON looks at what the main parties have to say on the issues that are most important to our members Quality care for all those who need it UNISON believes all those who need social care should have access to it, and that it should be of a high quality. We have been campaigning for this for a long time, and one of the things we have been doing is persuading local councils, who are responsible for homecare, to sign up to our Ethical Care Charter. The charter is a simple way for councils to improve homecare for the vulnerable people they are responsible for. It is a set of commitments that councils make that fix minimum standards to protect the dignity and quality of life for those people and the workers who care for them. That’s why we’re pleased that the Labour Party manifesto includes a policy to implement our charter. Labour also wants to build a Care Service for England, which will provide “dignity in older age and independence and support for people who are vulnerable or have a disability or a mental health condition.” In contrast, the Conservative party manifesto does not mention the 1.2 million people who are currently not having their social care needs met. It refers to a forthcoming green paper that will “address system-wide issues to improve the quality of care and reduce variation in practice. “This will ensure the care system works better with the NHS to reduce unnecessary and unhealthy hospital stays and delayed transfe...
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