A major organsation that represents trusts in England said that is using its “unique position” to influence and implement anti-racism policies in the National Health Service (NHS).
Ahead of its conference on Thursday, NHS Providers published its ambition to become an anti-racist organisation. NHS Providers represents every NHS hospital, mental health, community, and ambulance service in England. It has all trusts ie NHS organisational units in England in voluntary membership, collectively accounting for £104 billion of annual expenditure and employing 1.2 million staff.
Some of its statements include that it “will recognise that structural racism exists and is harmful” and that it “will use our unique position to influence the NHS and the wider community.”…