National resources:
National NHS BME Network
https://
Support for Nurses recruited from Jamaica
The Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) provide support, advice and guidance to new nurses coming to the UK from Jamaica. NAJ provides emotional, social and professional support to these staff through webinars, telephone and face to face contact. Contact info
Filipino Nurses Association
FNA-UK is committed to equality, diversity, tolerance and inclusivity. They welcome every Filipino nurse in the UK from the different regions of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland of whatever gender, religion, faith and sexual orientation.
Black Minds Matter UK
The aim of Black Minds Matter is to ensure that black people in the UK can access mental health support. The organisation does this by helping black people and families across the nation to find professional mental health services, in addition to raising money to help cover the cost of such services.
BAATN - The Black, African and Asian Therapy Network
Home of the largest community of Counsellors and Psychotherapists of Black, African, Asian and Caribbean heritage in the UK.
Inspirited Minds - support to those from Islamic faith with mental health illness
Inspirited Minds is a faith based, grassroots mental health charity located in London that launched in 2014 with the aim to raise awareness, combat stigmas and provide professional, non-judgemental, confidential support to those with mental health illnesses.
(For any Muslim women) If you are affected by the recent incidents and / or have experienced hate crime, please contact the Muslim Women’s Network Helpline on 0800 999 5786 / info
Report all Hate Crime - Stop Hate UK
Help and support - Victim Support
Muslim Council of Britain (MCB): Empowering British Muslims
Local resources:
Worcester Acute EmbRACE Network
Can be contacted for support wah-tr.embracenetwork@nhs.net. The Chair is Reena Rane who can be contacted r.
ENRICH Network at Health and Care Trust
Chair – Karl Archer
Can be contacted whcnhs.
BAME Network at Wye Valley Trust
Chair – Geoffrey Etule - Geoffrey.
The BAME network have offered to often their network meetings up to anyone else in the system who would like further support. For the dates and an invitation please contact vicky.
National NHS BME Network
https://
Other Resources:
RCN Guidance: Refusal To Treat
The RCN have released advice on when and how members can refuse to treat a patient in their care in light of the ongoing racist attacks.
https://
BMA Guidance: How to manage discrimination from patients and their guardians/relatives
Resources from Royal College of Psychiatrists, including ‘Coping after a traumatic event’
https://
The NHS has a confidential text support service, which you can access by texting FRONTLINE to 85258 for support 24/7. You can also use the NHS free and confidential self-check tool to access further information on the range of support offers that are available.
We support a fairer and more diverse workplace, where difference is welcomed.
Equality means making sure that everyone is treated fairly and with dignity and respect. It means challenging discrimination and removing barriers, so that everyone has opportunities to achieve their desired outcomes.
Diversity is about recognising the benefits of different values, abilities, and perspectives, and celebrating people’s differences. This means promoting an environment that welcomes and values diverse backgrounds, thinking, skills and experience.
Inclusion is providing a space where everyone has equal access to opportunities and resources, and where everyone feels valued and accepted. Everyone should be able to contribute and have a voice. This may mean making reasonable adjustments to facilitate participation.
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care System (ICS) is committed to working together towards:
- Eliminating unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and other conduct prohibited by the Act
- Advancing equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not
- Fostering good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not
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Moral |
Ensuring everyone is treated equitably, with dignity and has their fair share of resources (whether that be access to work or equitable pay) is simply the right thing to do. A positive commitment to ED&I can impact measures such as staff surveys, where staff feel able and safe to be their whole selves at work. This can lead to a more positive reputation within the community. |
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Quality |
A more engaged and supported workforce will provide a better service. A diverse range of employees be more creative and better able to provide care and support to all of our communities. The variety of ‘lived experience’ will help us to grow and to improve through challenging the status quo and ‘how thing are done here’. |
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Financial |
Recruitment and retention will be improved and attrition rates reduced, a more positive and inclusive culture will reduce friction between employees and enable people to stay at work, or return earlier from sickness absence - availability will improve. There are contractual obligations on some organisations to deliver in the ED&I space. |
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Legal |
The Equality Act 2020 and the Public Sector Equality Duty place a legal requirement on the partner organisations within the ICS. A positive commitment to ED&I will help to avoid claims to employment tribunal - which can have significant costs in terms of finance as well as reputational risk. |
The Visible Leaders Network (VLN) is a unique leadership network designed for Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) staff aimed at aspiring and emerging leaders and managers, and you can join the VLN if you are an NHS employee working in the Midlands region at Bands 3 - 8a level.
VLN membership is free of charge and provides a range of learning opportunities to support leadership development. This includes access to an online learning community via our NHS Futures site and regular virtual ‘Coffee and Chat’ networking support sessions offering a chance to meet VLN members and get to know each other. We have a wide range of events currently on offer specifically for VLN members. You can find out more here
This learning framework aims to provide a base for identifying the insights, knowledge, understanding and skills that the social care workforce need to help them work affirmatively, inclusively and effectively with individuals from gender and sexually diverse communities.
The framework is intended to be used by social care employers, employees, training providers, regulator, commissioners, policy makers and others to build their own knowledge of LGBTQ+ issues, to support colleagues’ understanding, and to create learning programmes which will allow teams to better support LGBTQ+ people in later life.
Useful Links
Diversity in Health and Care Partners Programme
Equality, Diversity and Human Rights Week 2023
Retirement flexibilities poster
Online Resources | Autism West Midlands
Ideas about Diversity (ted.com)
Leading for all: supporting trans and non-binary healthcare staff
Disability workforce reporting | CIPD
