‘It doesn’t matter if you sweep floors or you’re a surgeon, the NHS is one team’

NHS support staff work tirelessly throughout the health service to clean wards, maintain vital equipment, order medical supplies, book appointments and cook meals – all to ensure that patients get the care they need.
UNISON member Caroline Corbin is a switchboard operator at Salisbury District Hospital. She works in a team of six, which she describes as, “the hub of the hospital wheel that keeps all other departments going”.
Caroline says: “The majority of calls to the ho