Responses and Submissions

The main issue for housing in Scotland remains the shortage of homes. In our document Funding and building the homes Scotland needs (March 2013) UNISON Scotland has outlined a proposal ... Read More

UNISON raised a range of concerns in our submission to the 2012 consultation on what was then called the Community Empowerment and Renewal Bill. The latest consultation has not diminished ... Read More

UNISON raised many concerns about the changes in the Post-16 Education Bill in particular college regionalisation. We are already seeing many of our concerns realised, for example overall student numbers ... Read More

Democratic structures create public bodies which are open and transparent in their dealings with the public. UNISON Scotland believes that issues of democratic accountability must be among the criteria used ... Read More

1.   The "fitness to practise" criteria is very vague and it is not clear to us what objective standards the SSSC would be measuring against. At present they look at ... Read More

UNISON Scotland members have been involved in various proposals for the integration of health and care services since the late1990s when Local Health Care Co-operatives were first launched, followed by ... Read More

UNISON Scotland has supported the principles of Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) since its inception and we believe that many of the measures contained in the proposed Bill ... Read More

UNISON is Scotland’s largest trade union representing approximately 160,000 members working in the public sector.   UNISON Scotland represents over 30,000 workers employed in social care throughout Scotland and who work ... Read More

UNISON Scotland acknowledges that certain groups of service users, particularly physically disabled people, view direct payments and personalisation as a way to enjoy more freedom, choice and the greater independence ... Read More

UNISON acknowledges the work that the current Scottish Government and previous administrations have undertaken to tackle the challenges that mental ill health poses to individuals, not only in society, but ... Read More