This 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
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
Subject to final permissions being granted, UNISON will be holding a static lobby outside the Edinburgh City Chambers on Tuesday Read More
UNISON News August 2021
Future of our care home provision What we are campaigning for... Click on PDF Read More
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
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
Four Edinburgh care homes are facing closure with a fifth being switched from residential care to hospital-based complex clinical care. Read More