Has discrimination increased in the NHS? by Anandi RamamurthyDiscrimination has increased in the NHS according to the 2019 WRES data. A 2020 survey of over 900 NHS workers in London found that women, Black ethnic minority staff, migrants, nurses and healthcare assistants were most at risk of discrimination and/or harassment at work. Experiencing either discriminationContinue reading “Has discrimination increased in the NHS?”
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Racism in clinical trials and health care – what must be done?
Racism in clinical trials and health care – what must be done? by Anandi Ramamurthy Ethnic minorities are currently underrepresented in vaccine clinical trials taking place across the UK. There are only 11,000 volunteers from Asian and British Asian backgrounds (4.3%) and 1,200 from Black, African, Caribbean or Black British backgrounds (0.5%) in current vaccineContinue reading “Racism in clinical trials and health care – what must be done?”
Let’s break the silence by telling the truth to power
Let’s break the silence by telling the truth to power by Sadiq Bhanbro. Racism in the NHS and social care sector is historical, systematic, and widespread, and the pandemic has exposed it all. The disproportionate number of COVID-19 deaths of Black and Minority Ethnic health care staff is an eye-opening example. Therefore, it cannot beContinue reading “Let’s break the silence by telling the truth to power”
Survey launched for documentary on nursing and workplace racism
Nursing Times 08 December 2020
Nursing Narratives Survey
Nursing Narratives: Racism and the Pandemic is an Arts and Humanities Research Council project and film that aims to shed light on institutional and workplace racism in health and social care during and prior to the pandemic. Please take our survey so that we can better understand the kinds of racisms that workers in the sector face,Continue reading “Nursing Narratives Survey”
Nursing Narratives Survey – Click here
Do you work for the NHS? Have you experience workplace racism? Please fill in our survey it will take less than 5 mins #RacismintheNHS #RacismatWork #PandemicRacism National Nursing Survey (qualtrics.com) Do you work in health and social care? Have you experienced workplace racism? #RacismintheNHS #RacismatWork #PandemicRacism Nursing Narratives Survey (qualtrics.com) We are launching this ongoing nationalContinue reading “Nursing Narratives Survey – Click here”
Filming the Pandemic
As part of Nursing Narratives we would like the documentary to contain phone footage of your experience of the pandemic. It could be clips you filmed during or after work, at home, on any protests you went to, of the events that marked the passing of those who had died or the moments that celebratedContinue reading “Filming the Pandemic”
Exposing Racism in the British Healthcare System
Awaaz article on the project: https://www.awaazmagazine.com/volume-17-issue-2/cover-story/item/1182-exposing-racism-in-the-british-health-care-system
Racism & the Pandemic – Tell Your Story
In the first month of the UK lockdown, 72% of the NHS and social care staff who died were from BME backgrounds ‘Nursing Narratives: Racism and the Pandemic is a collaborative project that will use documentary film and writing to amplify the experiences and perspectives of black and minority ethnic health workers. Black and migrantContinue reading “Racism & the Pandemic – Tell Your Story”
Nursing Times article on Nursing Narratives
Nursing Times article is here https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/research-and-innovation/nurse-experiences-of-racism-during-covid-19-focus-of-new-film-project-06-10-2020/