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• First guidance published to support NHS workers after a colleague suicide 

  25-07-2023 13:30
  
  Researchers from the universities of Surrey, Keele and Birmingham have today (Tuesday) published the first guidance to support NHS workers after a colleague dies by suicide.
  The recommendations are based on a two-year study identifying the impact on NHS staff who have been in this distressing situation, and the support they may need.
  The guidance has been developed specifically for the NHS and for health service staff who are affected by a colleague’s suicide, and for t
  
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• UNISON signs recognition agreement with The Trussell Trust

  25-07-2023 11:16
  
  UNISON and has signed a recognition agreement with the anti-poverty charity The Trussell Trust.
  The union has 46 members at the charity, mainly office and home-based staff across the UK.
  Throughout the cost of living scandal, the UK’s use of food banks has escalated dramatically. The trust handed out almost three million emergency food parcels in the year between April 2022 and March 2023, more than ever before. Almost one million of those went to children.
  It also estimates that one in fi
  
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