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

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….

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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...

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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...

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