All Equality and diversity articles – Page 10
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NewsLeaked report reveals trust failings over ‘racially aggravated attack’
A hospital trust’s management has apologised, after being heavily criticised by an independent review for ‘letting down’ a staff member who reported suffering a racially aggravated attack while on duty.
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NewsRacial ‘disparity ratios’ created for each trust to root out ‘racist practice’ in NHS systems
‘Disparity ratios’ highlighting how staff with minority ethnic backgrounds are represented at different levels in each trust have been created by the national workforce race equality standard programme to help tackle ‘racist practice’ in the NHS.
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NewsDoctors want tougher line on racist patients
GPs’ representatives have called on the government to taker a tougher line on racist patients, including preventing patients from refusing doctors who have a minority ethnic background.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: The pandemic's disproportionate toll on female staff
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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NewsTrust accused of ‘combative leadership’ announces new chief exec
East of England Ambulance Service Trust has appointed a new chief executive after nine months with an interim at the helm.
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NewsCIA hunt for Bin Laden and pharma experimentation has fed distrust of govt vaccine policy among NHS staff
An ambulance trust has cited ‘mistrust’ of government and national healthcare policy as one of the factors driving lower vaccine uptake among its ethnic minority staff, linking concerns to historic international controversies around vaccination programmes.
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NewsExclusive: Windrush scandal made ethnic minority people ‘fearful’ of using cancer services
Fears that their data would be shared with the Home Office following the Windrush scandal left some people from ethnic minorities afraid to access cancer services during the pandemic, an NHS England document has revealed.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Don’t blow it
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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CommentPandemic has reinforced the need to ‘get a move on’ in tackling racial inequality
Rob Webster and Fatima Khan-Shah shed light on the ambition of further creating an equitable, fair and safe environment that promotes ethnically diverse talent.
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NewsOnly one in three of trust’s black Caribbean staff vaccinated
Just over a third of black Caribbean staff have been vaccinated at one of the London acutes most heavily impacted by the pandemic, new data has revealed.
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NHSE must act to shrink ethnic pay gap, says government report
NHS England should undertake a strategic review of the causes of ‘disparate’ pay and, where discrimination is found, ‘spell out’ measures to address it, according to a new government report.
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NewsGender no longer needed to book covid vaccine
Booking a coronavirus vaccine using the national system no longer requires a person to specify their gender, to help boost access among transgender and non-binary communities.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: How WRES leaders see its future
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night - and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce. This week by employment ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2020: Primary Care Innovation of the Year
WINNER: Sevenhills + Primary Care Network - Covid-19 Vulnerable Patient Visiting Service
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2020: NHS Workplace Race Equality Award
WINNER: East London FT – Compassion and Equality in Employee Relations
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2020: System Leadership Initiative of the Year
WINNER: West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership – Ambition to Action: Increasing Our Leadership Diversity
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NewsRevealed: Trusts with the worst levels of discrimination for minority ethnic staff
The acute trusts with the highest and lowest proportions of minority ethnic staff who told the NHS staff survey they had experienced discrimination from colleagues or managers can be revealed today.
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NewsExperience of minority ethnic staff gets worse across range of key indicators
The latest NHS staff survey results suggest a significant increase in minority ethnic workers experiencing discrimination from their manager or colleagues, while showing white staff were far less likely to have been deployed on covid wards.
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CommentConcerted action is needed to bring true equality in the NHS workforce
We must heed the imperative to develop and deliver meaningful race equality strategies and plans by investing in achieving WRES data improvement targets, resourcing organisational leadership programmes and stepping up opportunities for BME staff. By Joan Saddler
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NewsNHS England ‘reboots’ race work to ‘focus down hard’ on laggard trusts
NHS organisations will be given specific actions to improve their progress on race equality, as NHS England’s equality chiefs say they will “focus down hard” on those who need to improve.