Author Archives: nursingnarratives

The following article was written with the intention and apparent approval by members of an EDI team for publication in a maternity newsletter at a London NHS trust. However, once written, it was not permitted for publication by senior management and members of the executive team. The End Stage of Racism By The Birthworkers CollectiveContinue reading “The End Stage of Racism”

My duty of care to women cannot be unlinked to the women of Gaza and the occupied West Bank by Fatimah Mohamied I hold the privileged position of a healthcare worker in the 6th largest economy of the world, an economy that enjoys such a status directly because of colonial wealth extraction, a legacy thatContinue reading “My duty of care to women cannot be unlinked to the women of Gaza and the occupied West Bank”

Who Cares for the Carers? Thursday 7 September 2023, 6-8.30pm Royal College of Nursing, 20 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0RN For full details and public booking, visit: https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/events/who-cares-for-the-carers070923 A screening of ‘Exposed: Nursing Narratives’ and short films based on interviews will be followed by a panel discussion. Anxiety, frustration, guilt and inner turmoil characterised theContinue reading “Who Cares for the Carers?”

https://thefriend.org/article/manchester-quakers-hear-about-racism-in-the-nhs

Exposed has been selected for a film festival in Bergen. The screening will be followed by a Q&A between the film participants and healthcare workers in Norway. Details of the Festival are here

Les récits personnels, narrés dans le documentaire «Exposed – Infirmières En Première Ligne», mettent à jour le racisme dans les services de santé britanniques, notamment pendant la pandémie de Covid. Racisme qui a conduit les infirmières et les sages-femmes noires, dans les services où elles travaillent, à être exposées à davantage de risques que leursContinue reading “Infirmières En Première Ligne”

Black, Asian and migrant nurses have made a critical contribution to the NHS and social care. The current coronavirus outbreak has laid bare structural inequalities. In the first month of the UK lockdown, 71% of nurses and midwives who died were from black and Asian backgrounds (HSJ, April 2019). In February 2022, a Public AccountsContinue reading “International Family Nursing Association features Nursing Narratives”

Ali Upton, Chair of the Royal College of Nursing UK Safety Reps Committee, has made the following comment following a viewing of ‘Exposed’. “It has taken me some time to be able to put into words the sadness and horror that I felt when I first watched ‘Exposed’. I couldn’t watch it all in oneContinue reading “RCN UK Safety Reps Committee response to ‘Exposed’”

Paul Roberts, Chief Executive of Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust made the following response following the screening and Q&A of ‘Exposed’ on July 20. “Earlier this week I went to the screening of a film that demonstrated we’re still not there yet on issues around race and inclusion. The film – Exposed: RacismContinue reading “Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust responds to ‘Exposed’”

We have launched the petition below, please sign and share. “The Government should publish data on the deaths of health staff from Covid-19 by ethnicity, as it is in the public interest to do so. It is incumbent upon the Government to be transparent about what happened in health care during the pandemic. This includesContinue reading “Petition: Publish data on the deaths of health care staff from Covid 19 by ethnicity.”