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 -23 July 2021
Medical Workforce Race Equality Standard NHS England published its first annual Medical WRES report this week. The Medical WRES programme was launched in September 2020 and publishes national and local scores against 11 separate indicators. It will...
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...
ENGLAND CIVIL SOCIETY SUBMISSION TO THE UN ICERN
On 14 July 2021 the Runnymede Trust submitted the shadow report from civil society groups to the United Nations. The report shows that racism is systemic in England and impacts BME groups' enjoyment of rights. Disparities facing BME groups in...
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...
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION REPORT -UNEQUAL PANDEMIC, FAIRER RECOVERY
The Health Foundation Report published on 5 July 2021 concerning a review of COVID-19 outcomes has highlighted that the pandemic must be a watershed moment in how government tackles UK inequality after the adverse impact of COVID-19 on ethnic...
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...