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The last gift: working with organ donors

It’s an issue rightly rising above party politics, with the UK government supporting the bill’s drafting and consulting on how a new system of ‘deemed consent’ could […]

Magazine, UNISON people on the Magazine site.

Shadow women’s health minister: ‘The NHS is amazing, but it was built for men’

“It’s 40 years out of date," she says. "The government has spent years consulting with organisations and groups, but we haven’t seen any reforms. We […]

bigger picture, Magazine on the Magazine site.

How the Home Office is risking lives in the NHS

“The government had said they would extend NHS workers’ visas, and I knew mine was due to expire. “I used to […]

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Where’s the support for our mental health?

“General hospitals aren't equipped to deal with people with eating disorders, and local eating disorder units won’t take someone with a BMI of less than 15 (my daughter has been - and […]

Behind the headlines, Magazine, UNISON people on the Magazine site.

Three UNISON nurses stranded in the Philippines

Three days after they had landed, the government cancelled all weddings and public gatherings. Then, five days later, all flights out of the country […]

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Our Health Heroes

Last night the winners of the inaugural Our Health Heroes were announced at a glamorous event in London

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

The NHS crisis in five charts

Unless you’ve been truly hibernating so far this year, you will have heard that thousands of NHS operations have been cancelled. But what is the NHS winter crisis?

Behind the headlines, Magazine on the Magazine site.

It doesn’t matter if you’re a cleaner or a surgeon, the NHS is one team

UNISON’s One Team campaign gives NHS support staff the recognition they deserve

Magazine, UNISON people on the Magazine site.

The unsung heroes of the operating room – and now the pandemic

ODP Day celebrates a little-known health professional

Behind the headlines, Magazine, UNISON people on the Magazine site.

Inside the world of the operating department practitioner

To mark National ODP Day, UNISON meets two of its ODP members – one old hand, one newcomer, equally dedicated to saving lives

Magazine, UNISON people on the Magazine site.