Habib Naqvi
Dr Habib Naqvi is director of the NHS Race and Health Observatory
Habib has a background in equality and diversity policy, public health, and health psychology. He is the policy lead for the NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard and is leading on the inclusion of the WRES within national policy levers.
Before joining NHS England in 2013, Habib worked on the development of national equality and diversity policy at the Department of Health, where he led on the development of the Equality Delivery System for the NHS and took the lead for coordinating the health sector’s response to the Ministerial review of the Equality Duty.
He has experience in academia and research, including holding a strong portfolio of healthcare research.
He currently reverse mentors NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens.
NewsA timely acknowledgement of the importance of diverse leadership
The NHS has made progress in diversifying its leadership in a way that should be celebrated – while recognising that this is by no means ‘mission accomplished’, writes Dr Habib Naqvi
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NHS leaders must be made accountable for reducing health inequalities
Work to address health inequalities, including ethnic health inequalities, should be elevated to a ‘must do’ rather than a ‘nice to have’, write Habib Naqvi and Richard Murray
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Celebrating 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
- HSJ Knowledge
A time to recognise progress on workforce race equality in the NHS
Dr Habib Naqvi and Yvonne Coghill ask NHS organisations to fastrack implementation of WRES for recognising improvements in workplace race equality.
- HSJ Knowledge
Our NHS people, Ramadan and covid-19
Dr Habib Naqvi urges Muslim NHS staff to adapt usual religious and cultural practices during Ramadan and follow social distancing to save lives
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Our NHS people matter: progress and challenges on workforce race equality in the NHS
Many NHS trusts are beginning to implement the WRES with an open mind and an honest heart, yet much more work is still needed to shift the dial on workforce race inequality. Writes Habib Naqvi.
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Diversifying the HSJ Awards
The NHS England Workforce Race Equality Standard team is working with HSJ to increase diversity in all aspects of the HSJ awards, notes Dr Habib Naqvi
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BME staff are still struggling: here's what you can do about it
Michael West, Habib Naqvi and Yvonne Coghill outline measures to implement the values of compassion and inclusion across the whole of the NHS
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Some green shoots amid the snowy peaks of the NHS workforce
Over a fifth of the NHS workforce are from non-white backgrounds, yet they suffer consistently worse workplace experiences
- HSJ Knowledge
Equal access to the NHS: the next step
A new system can create a fairer NHS for patients
- HSJ Knowledge
'The NHS cannot close health inequalities on its own'
How the NHS can help create a fairer society
