All Equality and diversity articles – Page 15
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NewsTeaching hospital’s new boss leaves ‘after 57 days’
A new site chief for King’s College Hospital left the organisation shortly after joining, amid significant turnover in the foundation trust’s executive leadership team, HSJ has learned.
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CommentPromoting equality and diversity through the BAME Staff Network
Kettering’s goal is to drive positive change that will impact equality, diversity, and inclusion amongst staff, and promote a safe and confidential environment to raise any issues and concerns, writes Carol Verner
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CommentLong covid and its impact on health and social care
Health and social care services need to focus on meeting the unmet needs of people with ongoing covid, writes Elaine Maxwell
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NewsTrust accused of ‘racism, discrimination and bullying’ as staff partnership halted
The staff-side committee of a major hospital trust has stopped working with its leadership, with its chair alleging an ‘endemic’ culture of ‘racism, discrimination and bullying’.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: The NHS was not prepared for covid’s second wave
As covid wave two crashes on to the North of England, HSJ Health Check discusses the last minute scrambles in the NHS to deal with admissions, try to protect elective care, and provide mass testing for staff.
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NewsCelebrating those who are influencing change
It is right and timely that during the most challenging year for our NHS, we recognise those BAME people in healthcare who are making a positive impact in their area of work, says Dr Habib Naqvi
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NewsWomen, medics and rebels aplenty in HSJ’s first BAME healthcare power list
The BAME50 may prove a cause for celebration. It may equally provide further ammunition for the fight to improve the NHS’s poor record on BAME representation at the highest levels
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NewsThe 50 most influential BAME people in health
The BAME50 lists the black, Asian and minority ethnic figures who will exercise the most power and/or influence in the English NHS and health policy over the next 12 months
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NewsBAME50: Judges
Sponsored by Professor Ted Baker, chief inspector of hospitals, Care Quality Commission John Brouder, former chief executive, North East London Foundation Trust, and special adviser on diversity and inclusion, NHS England and Improvement in London Peter Carter, former RCN chief executive and consultant ...
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CommentRegulators are ‘not good enough’ at holding NHS orgs to account if they discriminate against BME staff
The strategic emphasis on race equality must be strengthened, adding greater use of evidence and learning to achieve change, writes Roger Kline
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Stevens’ successor should relish chance to tackle inequalities
In the climate of covid-19 and Black Lives Matter, the NHS faces calls for greater action to tackle race inequality. HSJ workforce reporter Nick Kituno reflects on a critical juncture for the workforce race equality standard.
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NewsSome trusts are gaming race equality targets, says retiring NHSE lead
The NHS’ race equality measures must be reviewed as some of them are being gamed by trusts, according to the NHS England director who oversaw them until earlier this year.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: What a second wave means for NHS staff
The pressure is rising again on the health service but keeping it running smoothly this winter will rely on its workforce. This week the HSJ Health Check podcast focuses on some of the biggest issues facing NHS staff right now.
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NewsTrust acts after BAME staff report ‘systematic bullying’
NHS leaders are being encouraged to have ‘difficult discussions’ about inequalities, after a trust found its BAME staff reported being ‘systematically… bullied and harassed’, along with other signs of discrimination.
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NewsLong-standing NHS leader to head up London people board
A long-standing NHS leader has been appointed to head up London’s new people board.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: A good old-fashioned NHS finance row
Payment by results is being swept away in favour of system funding and block payments — making some hospital chiefs very unhappy indeed. Meanwhile, is the government giving the NHS the money it needs to get through the pandemic? This week’s HSJ Health Check explores.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Is the government sacrificing cancer recovery in favour of Operation Moonshot?
This week on the podcast the HSJ team discuss government plans to invest a reported £100bn to expand covid testing, amid thousands of people being denied potentially life-saving cancer screening during the pandemic’s peak - according to new statistics. We ask: Could the £100bn be better spent working through the ...
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NewsArm’s length bodies show ‘very little improvement’ on diversity
Arm’s length bodies in the NHS made virtually no improvement in the numbers of BAME staff at the highest levels in 2019, according to new official data.
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NewsMental health trusts drive increase in female board directors
Mental health trusts have seen the biggest rise in female representation at board level over the last three years, while the North East has emerged as an outlier in achieving gender equality, new research has revealed.