Welcome to NHS BME Network
Welcome to the NHS BME Network an independent Network open to all Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) people, including staff, patients, service users and carers.
The Network provides BME people with the following:
- An opportunity to bring about change in the NHS
- An opportunity for BME people to be heard
- Access to better and more appropriate healthcare
- Information and Interpretation of NHS Policy
- Access to a network of people of shared vision
From our Blog
NHS BME NETWORK FRIDAY INSIGHTS & UPDATES-1 December 2023
EHRC Report -Equality and Human Rights Monitor 2023 A report with the above title was published by the EHRC on 16 November 2023. The Introduction to the report reads: “The Equality and Human Rights Commission is Britain’s equality regulator and a...
COVID -19 INQUIRY TO CONSULT RACE EXPERTS
In response to a letter to the Chair of the Covid-19 Inquiry from the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice and Runnymede Trust, supported by the Network, the Inquiry has confirmed that it will now consult race experts….
RHO-REVIEW OF NEONATAL ASSESSMENT AND PRACTICE IN BME NEWBORNS
This report published by the RHO on 11 July 2023 details a review by Sheffield Hallam University highlighting a number of ‘reliability concerns’ around three current neonatal assessments and perinatal practices-the Apgar score and the detection of...
WE DESERVE BETTER ETHNIC MINORITIES WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY AND ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE
This report published by RHO on 25 July 2023 details a review showing that people with learning disability from Black, South Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds face shorter life expectancy triggered by poorer healthcare access, experience and...
EXPERIENCES OF BME STAFF DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
A report published by the NIHR on 1 June 2023 shows that BME staff had higher rates of Covid-19 infection than their White colleagues during the pandemic. BME groups also experienced Covid-19 associated risks more than White interviewees; they felt...
CQC INTERNAL REPORT SHOWING FAILURES AROUND RACE
This internal report by a CQC director published on 30 March 2023 finds that there is a widespread lack of competence and confidence within CQC in understanding, identifying and writing about race and racism, which means it did not listen and...