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 -29 July 2022
1. Equality and Human Rights Commission Annual Report 2021-2022 The EHRC published its annual report on 20 July 2022 and states: “Our annual report and accounts includes: forewords from our Chairwoman and Chief Executive looking back over the last...
UK COVID-19 INQUIRY (AMENDED) DRAFT TERMS OF REFERENCE
The Rt. Hon. Baroness Hallett DBE as Chair of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has written to the Prime Minister to ask him to accept her amendments to his draft TOR to allow inequalities pertaining to both protected and unprotected characteristics to be...
EHRC REPORT-THE TREATMENT OF LOWER-PAID ETHNIC MINORITY WORKERS
This report published on 9 June 2022 details the outcome of the EHRC Inquiry into the experiences of lower paid ethnic minority workers in health and social care including bullying, racism and harassment at work.
BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION REPORT-RACISM IN MEDICINE
This report published on 15 June 2022 detailing the findings of a survey of over 2000 BME doctors between October to December 2021 warns of a mass exodus of BME doctors due to “persistent” and “intolerable” levels of racism in the NHS.
NHS CONFEDERATION REPORT-SHATTERED HOPES
This report published on 17 June 2022 detailing the findings of a survey of 123 BME leaders in the NHS shows that over 50% considered leaving the NHS in the last 3 years because of racism in the NHS ..
INCLUSIVE BRITAIN-GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO THE CRED REPORT
This report sets out the government’s response to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities (CRED) and was presented to Parliament in March 2022. The report responds to the 24 recommendations made by the CRED and includes an Action Plan which...