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 – 9 April 2021
Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities Report -continued As you know there has been endless number of reports and statements about the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities Report. However, only yesterday the Chair of the Commission, Dr. Tony Sewell informed...
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...
PARLIAMENTARY JOINT COMMITTEE OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT-BLACK PEOPLE, RACISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
This report published on 11 November 2020 highlights the fact that the majority of black people do not believe their health is equally protected by the NHS when compared to white people. This together with the evidence that details the significant level of racism...
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