Women Of The NHS - Organising Collaboration
This page highlights, my collaboration process, for my Women of The NHS project.
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Within this project I have been mindful to consider the ethical implications of working with women who I don't know. I wanted the women I worked with to be their choice which I why I created an Open Call. Which I then asked a medical professional I new to share around her networks.
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Women Of The NHS Open Call Poster
Women of The NHS - Contract and Collaboration Terms
These screenshots document, the contract I am in the process of creating. I created this document to send to the women of the NHS I work with, so it is clear from the start how their image a voice might be used in the present and future. The information seen below, has been conveyed to the people I have worked with however often viva email and verbally on meeting. I was very keen for the exceptions of the project to be clear, so no one feels exploited or like I have misused their voice and image.
Women Of The NHS Interview Questions
Women Working Within the NHS
Please can you tell me your name and what your specialism is? Why did you choose this particular specialism?
How did you find medical school?
How is your work life balance?
How has the NHS changed since your time within in?
Have you affected by the strike action, what are your thoughts on it?
Have you or a colleague every experienced sexism, homophobia or racism within the workplace?
Do you feel there is sufficient mental health care for medical professionals?
What would you do if you had the power to change elements of the NHS?
How do you feel women are represented within the NHS, or medical profession?
When thinking about the history of medicine and the NHS is there a particularly influential women that you would consider a hero or idol?
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How do feel medicine disproportionaly affects women, with regards to medical conditions?
Research Festival Publication: Women Of The NHS
This a picture of medical Lloyd George envelopes, I learnt about them in the book What is a Doctor? A GP's Prescription for the future by Dr Phil Whitaker.
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'They first came into use in 1911 as part of a 'panel' system founded by Liberal Political David Lloyd George - a health insurance scheme for low-paid working men' P6.
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These medical envelopes are still commonly used today. However one person's folder often has three or four envelopes compressed together with a rubber band.
I plan to place my publication within these medical folders. They are to be handled and touched, and will contain the interviews conducted during my collaboration with Women Of the NHS and pictures of the studies and paintings I have created of each women.
I have been creating a publication book, including pictures of my paintings and drawings, similar to my page called Women Of the NHS. With each women having a double page space within the publication.
Please see screenshots that demonstrates my process so far. I plan to print these in Risograph printing, In the colour palette of the NHS. Red an Blue.
These screen shots demonstrate my process so far on indesign. As you can see, I have been creating my publication. I am planning to print these on Risograph, with one page including printed images of my paintings and drawings and then quotes from our interview.
