Save our care homes

Care home campaign updatesThis page updates on our campaign to against the closure of four Edinburgh care homes with a fifth being switched from residential care to hospital-based complex clinical care.  Scotland’s care system already relies too heavily on homes that are run for profit. Edinburgh can buck that trend by supporting Council-run care homes that focus on providing quality care not the making of money.

Campaign timeline: How we got here | What you can do to support the campaign

Save our care homes public demonstration

Save our care homes public demonstration

UNISON has organised a public demonstration outside the City Chambers to coincide with the next EIJB on Tuesday 14th September. Read More
UNISON lobby to save our care homes

UNISON lobby to save our care homes

Subject to final permissions being granted, UNISON will be holding a static lobby outside the Edinburgh City Chambers on Tuesday Read More
thumbnail of UNISON News 3 August 2021

UNISON News August 2021

Future of our care home provision What we are campaigning for... Click on PDF Read More
Save our care homes - write to your MSP

Save our care homes – write to your MSP

Click on the graphic or here for a link to a ready-made email (which you can change). It will automatically Read More
Press Release

Scottish health secretary, Humza Yousaf, urged to save Edinburgh’s care homes, says UNISON

UNISON’s City of Edinburgh branch are calling on Humza Yousaf, Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Health & Social Care, to ‘urgently Read More
Care workers launch campaign to save Edinburgh City Council care homes

Care workers launch campaign to save Edinburgh City Council care homes

UNISON, the trade union for social care, has launched a campaign with care staff to save care council run care Read More
Save Our Care Homes - Sign the petition

Save Our Care Homes – Sign the petition

Four Edinburgh care homes are facing closure with a fifth being switched from residential care to hospital-based complex clinical care. Read More