COHSE was one of the first unions to officially back LGBT Rights and was very active in the campaign to stop Clause 28
Unlike the Royal College of Nursing, Who's Vice President Baroness Cox was one of the main advocates of the Clause
A web site dedicated to the study of The Confederation Of Health Service Employees (COHSE) and National Asylum Workers Union (NAWU), National Union of County Officers (NUCO)including the Guild of Nurses. The site also notes the positive role COHSE, NUPE & NALGO Nurses played in the formation of UNISON Nursing Sector, the premier nursing union