ONE in three care workers at Britain’s biggest provider cannot afford to take time off, it was revealed today.
A survey by the GMB union found that a third of workers at HC-One also definitely or seriously considered leaving the organisation if the pay does not rise to meet the challenge of costs.
More than 1,000 carers working for HC-One completed the poll.
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