Tag: NHS
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Surrogacy Law Reform: WPUK meet with Law Commissions
Earlier this year, the Law Commission published proposals to update the existing laws on surrogacy. Currently, when a baby is born to a surrogate mother, the mother remains the...
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Abortion, Criminal Law & Crisis Pregnancies
Healthcare is a fundamental human right, yet as women we know our bodies have long been viewed as the property of men and of the state. This patriarchal notion...
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‘But she was 30+ weeks?’ A response
If the aim of criminalising women for behaviour while pregnant (aka foetal homicide laws) is to protect foetuses and children, as this blog shows, they clearly they fail!
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GIDS interim service specifications: WPUK submission to NHS England
We broadly welcome the proposed NHS England’s direction of travel towards evidence-based trauma informed care for children and young people.
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WPUK: NHS review of mixed sex accommodation
This is the WPUK written submission to the review of NHS mixed sex accommodation. Representatives of WPUK also attended a meeting with other stakeholders which we were invited to...
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NMC: Please withdraw from Stonewall
We have today sent a letter to the Nursing and Midwifery Council which calls on them to withdraw from Stonewall’s Diversity Champions programme and Workplace Equality Index. The letter also...
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Stonewall: Mental Health Nurse speaks
Woman's Place UK has recently published a letter drafted by nurses and midwives concerned at the impact of Stonewall's Diversity Chamption Programme and Equality Index on patient care. This...
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Stonewall: Nurses and Midwives speak out
Hundreds of nurses and midwives have signed a letter calling for the Nursing and Midwifery Council and NHS trusts to withdraw from Stonewall's Diversity Champions Programme and Equality Index. These...
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Stonewall: Letter to Nursing and Midwifery Council
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the regulatory body for nurses, midwives and health visitors. This letter, drafted by concerned nurses and other healthcare professionals, calls for: a) the...
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Keira Bell: “There was nothing wrong with my body”
The following is an interview with Keira Bell for Spanish feminist platform Tribuna Feminista. Keira was interviewed by Raquel Rosario Sánchez. Image of Keira Bell by The Famous...
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Keira Bell v Tavistock: Women’s Rights, Healthcare, and the Law
Keira Bell and the history of women’s rights, healthcare and the law In 1976 Loretta Ross sued and won a case against A. H. Robbins, the manufacturer of the...
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Health care is a human right: Judith Green
FROM 2020 Judith Green is a co-founder of Woman’s Place UK, works in women’s health and is a former user of single-sex services for female survivors of childhood sexual...
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