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Acknowledging Unpaid Public Work

Acknowledging Unpaid Public Work

The Need for Authentic Peer Support The idea of unpaid public work is an underexplored aspect of many women’s lives. Unpaid work might include: being a trustee on charitable boards, providing pastoral care and signposting people to welfare services, participating... More…
The cost of bleeping care

The cost of bleeping care

I recently read a fascinating and perplexing tale of the contingencies of work in healthcare, where ‘state of the art’ equipment sits alongside ‘stone age’ communication devices. The first time I saw a pager, in 1994, I thought it was... More…