{"product_id":"these-are-the-hands","title":"These Are The Hands","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by Deborah Alma \u0026amp; Dr Katie Amiel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis anthology offers a unique insight into the real experiences of the people at the heart of the NHS – from the student nurse at the start of his career to the heart surgeon on the eve of her retirement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe anthology grew out of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/biggerpicturecollaboration.co.uk\/\"\u003eThe Bigger Picture\u003c\/a\u003e, a project using arts and humanities to support healthcare professionals’ wellbeing. Alma and Amiel invited submissions from clinical and non-clinical NHS staff—nurses, porters, doctors, cleaners, lab workers, administrators—giving them a creative outlet and a public platform. The title comes from Michael Rosen’s poem “These Are the Hands,” originally written for the NHS’s 60th anniversary, which also appears with a foreword.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems cover birth, illness, mental health, emergency care, and end of life, as well as behind-the-scenes work like lab analysis and cleaning. Reviews emphasize their emotional range: tenderness, grief, anger, exhaustion, humor, and pride co-exist, offering an unsentimental, sometimes raw portrait of life inside hospitals, GP surgeries, ambulances, and community services. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Poetry Pharmacy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44547978330395,"sku":"B-007","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9436\/9563\/files\/these_are_the_hands.jpg?v=1751460011","url":"https:\/\/poetrypharmacy.live\/products\/these-are-the-hands","provider":"The Poetry Pharmacy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}