International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia was initially established in 2004 in order to raise awareness of hate crimes against individuals for their gender or sexual identity. Choosing to hold this day on the 17th of May was an informed choice, to commemorate the declassification of homosexuality as a mental illness in 1990. Though … Continue reading May17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia

This year we would love to celebrate your stories and share in your small celebrations on the wards and departments, as well as reflect on the past year. Taking place today Head over to Twitter and our #1BigTeam Facebook group to share your photos (social distanced) of celebration with your wards and departments. Here are … Continue reading International Nurses Day 2021

This week we celebrate national Deaf Awareness week. Amanda Holland, who works at the Outpatients Appointment Centre, made a video to explain what it's like to be a deaf staff member. If you don't speak sign language, please turn the subtitles on. Thank you. [Transcript below] Hello my name is Amanda Holland and I am … Continue reading What it’s like to be a deaf staff member

Lesbian Visibility Week is so important to celebrate the diversity in our organisation and community and provides the opportunity to uplift LGBT+ women and non-binary people from all backgrounds. Charlie Le Brun Everybody in the LGBT+ community has a story unique to them, and part of why these stories are shared is to provide support … Continue reading Lesbian Visibility Week – 26-30th April 2021

Paediatric Nurse Victoria Whittley had been a patient in intensive care. When she was given the opportunity to be redeployed to ICU during the second wave of Covid, she knew she wanted to do it. In 2015, she was 38 when a bad case of influenza turned to pneumonia and sepsis very quickly. “I’d always … Continue reading I was a patient in ICU, so I knew I had to help during COVID-19

“When the Covid pandemic hit last March I was working as cabin crew for Norwegian Air. We were originally furloughed and the last month we have all been made redundant as the company stopped operating. "When I was first furloughed I set up a First Aid Instructor business to ensure I had something else to … Continue reading Sophie Allen – Vaccinator at Home Park, Plymouth

By Kerry Dungay, Chair UHP Women's Network The murder of Sarah has shaken the nation to its core and the debate around violence against women has re-surfaced – this can only be a good thing. However, what I have seen on social media is a complex and nuanced subject turned into something that has, at … Continue reading Violence Against Women – What can be done?

This International Women’s Day, it’s important that we #ChooseToChallenge hetero- and cis-normative ideas of womanhood. For this reason we’ll be celebrating the incredible achievements of two LGBT+ women in history, who have accomplished great things, and made their marks on the Gender Equality movement. Of course the women’s rights movement should always be intersectional, so … Continue reading International Women’s Day 2021