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If the mainstream media has let us down with it's NHS reporting, what can we do about it? Part of the OurNHS Resource Guide. 

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10 December 2013

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Write press releases or create your own media - see the TUC Guide p18, p26-27, and ideas for taking newsworthy action on p p22-25.

Leaflet on the streets, at stalls, at meetings or outside health centres and hospitals - the TUC guide has ideas for creating your own leaflets, or use this excellent and colourful 'mythbuster' leaflet produced by Oxford Keep Our NHS Public.

‘The New NHS - what it means for journalists’ - tips for those who want to write about the NHS

Tell the BBC what you think of its NHS coverage - current consultation runs til 13 December.

‘How the BBC betrayed the NHS’ - openDemocracy report by Oliver Huitson on 2 years of censorship and distortion.

 

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