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 – 30 April 2021
1. Westminster Employment Forum invites Chair, Dr Vivienne Lyfar-Cissé to speak On 25 June 2021 the Westminster Employment Forum is holding an on-line conference concerning Ethnic minority equality in the workplace and has invited our Chair Dr Vivienne Lyfar-Cissé to...
COMMISSION ON RACE AND ETHIC DISPARITIES REPORT
This report reviewed the evidence concerning race and ethnic disparities and concludes (erroneously in our view) that the UK has fundamentally shifted from race events in the past and has become a more open society such that we are now in a new era of 'participation'...
REPORT BY BARONESS LAWRENCE-AN AVOIDABLE CRISIS
This report commissioned by the Labour Party concludes that BME people have been overexposed, under protected and overlooked during the Covid-19 pandemic. Furthermore, that Covid-19 has thrived on the inequalities that exist and exposed the devastating impact of...
GOVERNMENT WHITE PAPER-REFORMING THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT
The Government’s White Paper published on 13 January 2021 outlines the four principles developed by a Review undertaken by Professor Sir Simon Wessely published in 2018 that will guide and shape its approach to reforming legislation, policy and practice concerning the...
REPORT BY MIND-TRYING TO CONNECT
This report by MIND published on 28 April 2021, details the outcome of a survey of 1,914 people about their experiences of accessing mental health services by phone or on-line during the pandemic. The outcome is mixed with BMEs tending to favour remote access when...
HM GOVERNMENT SECOND COVID DISPARITIES REPORT TO PRIME MINISTER
This report details the work that has been undertaken by the government since the publication of its first quarterly report. The main finding is that the evidence suggests that ethnicity was not a factor in the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on BME communities