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
NHS BME NETWORK FRIDAY INSIGHTS & UPDATES -27 November 2020 1. The NHS programme for vaccination of staff and request from CEOs for ‘scientific evidence’ to reassure staff about COVID vaccine safetyOn 20 November 2020 NHS England sent a letter to all NHS...
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...
EHRC REPORT-THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON EQUALITY AND AND HUMAN RIGHTS
This report by the EHRC summarises evidence that helps us understand the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on different groups in society in relation to a number of key issues including work.
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-FIRST COVID DISPARITIES REPORT TO PRIME MINISTER
This report details the work that has been undertaken by the government since the publication of PHE reports in June 2020 highlighting the disparities that exist in relation to ethnicity and COVID-19 infections. However, it makes no mention of structural racism...
EVENTS
1. Hull Medical Society Racism in the NHS-Next steps Speaker- Dr Vivienne Lyfar-Cissé 30 September 2020 2. Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust Black History Month Event Speaker -Dr Vivienne Lyfar-Cissé 12 October 2020 3. Oxford Health NHS...