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
Closing the Gap: Priorities for essential change in mental health
Foreword In our mental health strategy, No Health Without Mental Health , we set ourselves – and society as a whole – some big challenges. We stated that mental health must have equal priority with physical health, that discrimination associated...
All Parliamentary Party Group-MH Briefing 29.01.14
TRANSCRIPT OF MEETING James MorrisMP (Halesowen & Rowley Regis)(Con): I would like to welcome you to the APPG on Mental H ealth and the launch of our inquiry into parity of esteem. This is the first of three sessions, each focusing on a...
NHS Workforce Statistics England
The NHS is the largest employer in England. As at 30 September 2010, the NHS in England employed around 1,187,000 full time equivalent staff, including 133,000 doctors, 3352,000 nurses and 40,000 managers. This note summarises recent trends in the...
NHS midwives shortage remains despite increasing numbers
The Public Accounts Committee publishes its report into maternity services in England Report: Maternity services in England (HTML) Report: Maternity services in England (PDF) Public Accounts Committee The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the...
Healthwatch Demands Return of Missing £10M
WWW.HAPIA2013.ORG.UK -- PRESS RELEASE - FEBRUARY 17th 2014 Massive variations in Local Healthwatch budgets revealed by Healthwatch England’s survey of every Healthwatch in England, show the failure of the government’s policy of abandoning...
What is Clause 118-Article in New Statesman
Clause 118 would leave no hospital in England safe The new regulation would allow Jeremy Hunt to close any hospital or department in Britain and rob the public of their right to protest. BY BENEDICT COOPER PUBLISHED 23 JANUARY, 2014 - 16:20 Jeremy...