Excited to launch our award winning BME leadership programme at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS FT - great cohort full of talented individuals ready to push boundaries.

Looking forward to change projects which have already started brewing !

Virginia Golding all views are my own Polly McMeekin 💙 Dawn Parkes RN, MSc

Fantastic, galvanising opening presentations this morning Kevin Fenton, Oveta McInnis Enfield Caribbean Association, Prof Margaret Ikpoh RCGP & Prof Dr Habib Naqvi MBE NHS Race & Health Observatory - we know what needs to be done, let’s action it.
#race #equality
LDN Inspire Caribbean & African Health Network #BlackHealthSummit24

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Wishing everyone observing Ramadan a month of peace, unity, prosperity and a renewed sense of unwavering commitment to make the world a more equitable place for everyone. #RamadanMubarak

Thanks to all of our #Ramadan webinar speakers Salman Waqar British Islamic Medical Association Sabina Hafesji NHS Muslim Women Asma APNA NHS - Asian Professionals National Alliance.

If you missed our webinar we will be sharing a recording soon.

Meanwhile, access further #Ramadan guidance and resources 👇bit.ly/48A7Q9M

Examples from Asma APNA NHS - Asian Professionals National Alliance on how to support Muslim staff during #Ramadan .

✅Flexible hours
✅A quiet place to prayer
✅Adjustments to duties
✅Wellbeing support
✅Meal breaks
✅Awareness raising
✅Celebrate diversity
✅Listening and feedback

Let’s remember not all babies look the same !

Thank you NHS Race & Health Observatory and team for this fantastic infographic to help highlight this !

ASAMidwives Wendy Olayiwola BEM, FRCM, FRSA RN, RM CNO CMidO_StrategyGrp Shereen 💙 Ferha Saeed Dr Habib Naqvi MBE Arnie Puntis Kate Brintworth Nina Khazaezadeh

#HealthEquity is not a zero sum game. Data show when we design solutions for the marginalized & excluded and build from there, we can end up with a system that confers a benefit to us all. I’m excited to follow #RHO_LAN and see how outcomes for all birthing people rise together!

Black British moms are ~4x more likely than White moms to die during pregnancy or in the first 6 weeks after childbirth. NHS Race & Health Observatory & Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) are addressing this stark disparity & other inequities in a new Learning and Action network: bit.ly/3HFtTRz

It was great to see so many colleagues pledge their support. Embrace difference improve performance! Bo Ronke Escritt FCIPD FIEDP FRSA💙 Usman Malik Olga Leach-Walters

Labour plans to extend equal pay rights to black, Asian and minority ethnic staff | Equal pay | The Guardian theguardian.com/society/2024/f…

Misogyny and racial bias routinely putting patients at risk in England, warns NHS safety chief Patient Safety Commissioner - theguardian.com/society/2024/f…

“Children with… open fractures, partial amputations, open chest wounds, horrendous lacerations… and burns. And that was every day.” Dr Deborah Harrington recently spent 2 weeks in a Gaza hospital. “I feel ashamed and shocked that we’re doing this to fellow humans,” she told me.

Join us on this illuminating webinar exploring the issue of ethnic inequalities within healthcare provision for mothers and babies. We will be focusing on perinatal practices including Apgar scores, cyanosis and jaundice assessments.
Registration details below👇🏽

Upcoming programmes | London South Bank University lsbu.ac.uk/business/resea…

Trust bosses used racist language in interviews, says CQC ift.tt/mFKuecO

Health inequalities ‘caused 1m early deaths in England in last decade’. An important new report from Sir Michael Marmot The Michael Marmot Institute of Health Equity UCL - a reminder for us to double our efforts to tackle the deep-seated causes of health inequalities: theguardian.com/inequality/202…

Health inequalities ‘caused 1m early deaths in England in last decade’ | Inequality | The Guardian theguardian.com/inequality/202…

Head of Britain’s police chiefs says force ‘institutionally racist’ | Police | The Guardian theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/j…

As we end 2023, take a look back with us by reading the NHS Race & Health Observatory annual Progress Report which highlights our work over the last year, our impact, and our ambitions for the year ahead: nhsrho.org/wp-content/upl…