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Content ArticleFar from being a drain, equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is an investment that can improve workforce wellbeing and experience, and enhance service design and delivery. It also ensures patients are involved in designing care. NHS Confederation sought the views of healthcare leaders to understand their perspectives on the value of an EDI approach to tackling inequalities in the NHS. This briefing captures what they found and what leaders need as a result.
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Content ArticleIncreasing interest in general surgery from students who are Under-Represented in Medicine (URiM) is vital to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. This study in The American Journal of Surgery examined medical student third year surgery clerkship evaluations quantitatively and qualitatively to understand the experiences of URiM and non-URiM learners. The authors found that URiM students are less likely than non-URiM students to see surgical residents and faculty as positive role models. They highlight that integrating medical students into the team, taking time to teach and allowing students to feel valued in their roles improves the clerkship experience for trainees and can contribute to recruitment efforts.
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Content ArticleIt is essential that the voices of people from diverse communities are heard and acted upon because we will only be effective in improving patient safety for everyone if we include these groups. This blog from the Patient Safety Commissioner Dr Henrietta Hughes outlines the importance of listening to patients and staff from diverse communities to identify and act on patient safety issues – and how to make this happen.
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Content ArticleIn June 2022, General Sir Gordon Messenger and Dame Linda Pollard published their final report on the review of leadership and management in the health and social care sector, as commissioned by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in October 2021. This briefing by NHS Providers summarises the key areas covered by the report, grouping recommendations under the following headings: Training Development Equality, diversity and inclusion Challenged trusts, regulation and oversight
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Content ArticleImproving patient safety culture – a practical guide, developed in association with the AHSN Network, brings together existing approaches to shifting safety culture as a resource to support teams to understand their safety culture and how to approach improving it. It is intended to be used across health and social care to support everyone to improve the safety culture in their organisation or area. The guide specifically focuses on: teamwork communication just culture psychological safety promoting diversity and inclusive behaviours civility. Teams should use the guide to find a way to start to improve their culture that is most relevant to their local context. It will support teams to explore different approaches to help them to create windows into their daily work to help them to understand their local safety culture.
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Content ArticleHow can we ensure that health and care staff from all backgrounds feel respected, valued and listened to at work? Siva Anandaciva sits down with Karen Bonner, Chief Nurse at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, to talk about the value of having a diverse workforce, and how we can make the health and care system fairer for staff, patients, and communities from ethnic minority groups.
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Content ArticlePrimary care services are the front door to the NHS - they are the first port of call when we feel unwell and the main coordinator of care when we are living with health conditions. The primary care team have an important role in making people feel welcomed, listened to and taken seriously. Yet we often hear examples about people who have not had their communication needs met within primary care. This includes people with sensory impairments, people with learning disabilities, autistic people, people living with dementia, people who don’t speak English fluently, people with low or no literacy, people who are digitally excluded, people living nomadically, people experiencing homelessness and many others. This report sets out the key issues faced by people with specific communication needs within primary care and what they feel would make the biggest difference, as well as key actions primary care leaders and teams can take to support inclusive communication.
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Content ArticleThis improvement plan sets out targeted actions to address the prejudice and discrimination – direct and indirect – that exists through behaviour, policies, practices and cultures against certain groups and individuals across the NHS workforce. It has been co-produced through engagement with staff networks and senior leaders.
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Content ArticleIn this blog, Sophie Jarvis, NIHR Public Partnerships Manager, Una Rennard, a public contributor, and Bryher Bowness, a PhD Student at King’s College London, highlight the role of people who care for friends and family in health and social care research, and why they should be involved.
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All NHS board members to get equality objectives
Patient Safety Learning posted a news article in News
Trusts and systems must draw up plans to improve the diversity of their executive and senior leadership teams over the next 12 months, and evidence progress against them by summer 2025, NHS England has announced. A new equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) improvement plan also says every board and executive team member will have EDI objectives they will be assessed against during annual appraisals by spring 2024. The targets form part of six “high impact actions,” each with set targets that aim to address the “widely known intersectional impacts of discrimination and bias” within the NHS. Read full story (paywalled) Source: HSJ, 8 June 2023 -
Content ArticleUnpaid carers provide significant levels of support to family or friends–equivalent to four million paid care workers. Carers often need support with their own health and wellbeing, but they are not always able to access this. Researchers from The King's Fund interviewed commissioners and providers of support to unpaid carers, ran focus groups with unpaid carers in four areas of England, spoke to national stakeholders and reviewed existing literature and national data sets, in order to understand the current picture of local support available for unpaid carers in England.
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Content ArticleThe latest NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) data shows that it is still over twenty times more likely that a White Band 5 nurse will become a Director of Nursing compared to a Band 5 BME nurse. In this letter Roger Kline, Research Fellow at Middlesex University Business School, outlines his concerns about discrimination and bullying taking place within the NHS. Addressed to Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Steve Barclay, the letter recalls the findings of the Messenger report commissioned by Mr Barclay's predecessor Sajid Javid, which found that “acceptance of discrimination, bullying, blame cultures and responsibility avoidance has almost become normalised in certain parts of the system, as evidenced by staff surveys and several publicised examples of poor practice." Referring to recent calls to reduce spending on equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), he outlines why patient care and frontline services cannot be detached from efforts to improve EDI. He argues that research strongly suggests how staff are treated (including whether they face discrimination) impacts on patient care, staff well-being and organisational effectiveness.
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Content ArticleChairs and non-executives are an important NHS leadership group. As independent board members, they hold the executive to account and in doing so build patient, public and stakeholder confidence in the NHS. This report by the Independent Taskforce on Improving Non-Executive Director Diversity in the NHS explores the steps needed to strengthen the diversity of NHS boards in England. Read a shorter summary of the report
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Content ArticlePatient Participation Groups (PPGs) are generally made up of a group of volunteer patients, the practice manager and one or more of the GPs from a practice. PPGs meet on a regular basis to discuss the services on offer, and how improvements can be made for the benefit of patients and the practice. The Patients Association has produced this set of videos and resources for PPGs, including: information on why GP practices and Primary Care Networks need patient groups step-by-step guide to establishing a GP patient group reasons to have a patient group and what’s in it for the GP practice and patients effectively working together in partnership recruitment, increasing diversity and communicating with the wider patient population.
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EventuntilPrimary care services are the front door to the NHS – they are the first port of call when we feel unwell and the main coordinator of care when we are living with ill health. The primary care team have an important role in making people feel welcomed, listened to and taken seriously. At National Voices we often hear stories from groups of people who struggle to have their communication needs met within primary care. As just one example, five years after the launch of the Accessible Information Standard, 67 per cent of Deaf people reported that still no accessible method of contacting their GP has been made available to them (Signhealth, 2022). This issue also affects other groups with specific communication needs - people who don't speak English fluently, people with learning disabilities, autistic people, people with dementia, people with low or no literacy, people who are digitally excluded, people living nomadically, people experiencing homelessness and more. We know that these experiences happen within the context of a primary care team under exceptional pressures. This workshop will bring together people with lived experience from all the groups mentioned above, as well as voluntary sector organisations, members of the primary care workforce, primary care policy leads, as well as commissioners and providers to discuss the challenges and co-produce solutions. At the workshop, we hope to build and improve understanding of: The experiences of people with diverse communication needs within primary care. The barriers primary care teams experience in meeting diverse communication needs, especially under existing pressures. Practical ways that we can embed and improve inclusive communications within the primary care setting. Register for the webinar. If you have any questions, please contact aleyah.babb-benjamin@nationalvoices.org.uk
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Content ArticleThis online course by NHS England helps participants learn how to engage with different people and communities to reduce inequalities and ensure inclusive access to healthcare. It involves three hours of study time per week over two weeks and aims to equip healthcare professionals to: help the people they work with access healthcare services understand how people have different experiences in their access to healthcare explore inclusive engagement activities develop an awareness of implicit bias and underrepresentation
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Content ArticleNHS chairs and non-executive directors play a key role in driving forward transformational change across the health and care sectors. As a vital leadership group they hold executive teams to account and in doing so build patient, public and stakeholder confidence in the NHS. The NHS North West Leadership Academy (NHS NWLA) have curated a range of development support and useful resources tailored to support those in non-executive roles. This webpage contains information on: system leadership modules NHS NWLA Executive Coaching leadership masterclasses the Non-executive Leaders Network the Next Director scheme. It also contains links to the following reports and resources: Non-executive directors and integrated care systems: What good looks like Strengthening NHS board diversity Healthcare Leadership Model (HLM) self-assessment and 360 feedback System leadership behaviours framework and conversation cards Healthy leadership framework.
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Content ArticleNHS England has published its planning guidance for 2023/2023. The 2023/24 priorities and operational planning guidance reconfirms the ongoing need to recover our core services and improve productivity, making progress in delivering the key NHS Long Term Plan ambitions and continuing to transform the NHS for the future.
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Content ArticleThis PowerPoint presentation looks at Solent NHS Trust's approach to reducing barriers faced by minority ethnic people to accessing and using mental health services. It highlights: the conclusions of a 2019 audit the work of the patient engagement and experience team recommendations from service users wider recommendations for mental health services next steps for community engagement training plans community engagement and patient experience future plans key lessons for services.
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GMC: Racism in the workplace hub
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in General Medical Council (GMC)
Everyone has the right to come to work without fear of racism. This resource from the General Medical Council (GMC) provides advice on how our guidance principles on non-discrimination apply when tackling racism. Where racist behaviour occurs among colleagues and patients, we recognise the fear that many doctors have of reporting these incidents. It signposts a range of support channels and highlights the duties we expect of doctors in senior positions in tackling and rooting out discrimination where it arises. It includes case studies from doctors and others on their experiences, advice and best practice. -
Content ArticleIn this blog, Dr Amy Proffitt, Royal College of Physicians (RCP) patient involvement officer, explores how the patient voice is represented in patient safety. She highlights the importance of engaging patients from a diverse range of backgrounds and responding to research that highlights particular populations who are experiencing worse outcomes. Eddie Kinsella, chair of the RCP’s Patient and Carer Network, then goes on to share his thoughts on patient safety, highlighting the role of patient partners in bringing about culture change in the NHS, and as advocates for the wider community, especially those who are most disadvantaged.
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Content ArticleThere is evidence that certain subgroups of the population have a higher risk of developing dementia than others. Aside from the most important risk factor—age,—other risk factors include ethnicity, sex, learning disability and socio-economic status. This report by the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) details the impact of scientific research on health inequalities for people affected by dementia. In order to make sure dementia diagnosis and treatments are effective for everyone, we need to understand how and why different groups are affected differently, so that we can target interventions where they are most needed and maximise their benefit. The report was produced by leading dementia scientists from the UK DRI who are taking action to reduce health inequalities through their own research. This includes: Researching “blood biomarkers” to pave the way for a blood test to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. Ensuring both male and female mice are used equally in animal research so that findings can be applied to the whole population. This is policy across the UK DRI. Broadening understanding of the implications of ethnicity on risk of Alzheimer’s disease through genetic studies. Working to make clinical trials more accessible to all. Pioneering accessible, scalable, and affordable new therapies. Investigating rarer forms of dementia to plug the knowledge gap and support people living with these diseases. Addressing the environmental and lifestyle factors that impact brain health to better understand the link between socio-economic status and dementia risk.
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Messenger at odds with Javid over NHS diversity jobs
Patient Safety Learning posted a news article in News
Sajid Javid’s claim that the number of NHS roles dedicated to promoting equality and diversity should be cut is incorrect and not what the government-commissioned review into NHS management recommended, according to its author. The review by General Sir Gordon Messenger and Leeds Teaching Hospital chair Dame Linda Pollard was published Wednesday. Speaking to the Daily Telegraph on Tuesday evening, the health secretary said: “In my view, there are already too many working in roles focused solely on diversity and inclusion, and at a time when our constituents are facing real pressures around cost of living, we must spend every penny on patients’ priorities. “As this report sets out, it should be the responsibility of everyone to encourage fairness and equality of opportunity which is why we must reduce the number of these roles.” Speaking later to HSJ, Mr Javid was asked if there was any area of NHS management cuts should be made. He said: “I would like to see fewer managers in terms of diversity managers and things, because I think it should actually be done by all management and all leadership, and not contracted out as some kind of tick-box exercise.” However, when HSJ spoke to General Messenger he said: “The report does not recommend the reduction of EDI (equality, diversity and inclusion) professionals. “What it does say though, is that if one successfully inculcates equality, diversity and inclusion to every leadership’s responsibilities then that becomes an accepted, instinctive, understood part of being a leader and a manager at every level then the requirement for dedicated EDI professionals should reduce over time." Read full story (paywalled) Source: HSJ, 8 June 2022 -
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Duty of all NHS staff in England to fight discrimination, review says
Patient Safety Learning posted a news article in News
All the NHS’s 1.5m staff in England should tackle discrimination against disadvantaged groups, not just bosses and specialist diversity teams, a major review has concluded. NHS trusts will need fewer equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) teams if action against discrimination does become “the responsibility of all”, according to the report. The review of NHS leadership said the health service should adopt a different approach to equality issues in order to overcome the widely recognised disadvantages faced by certain groups of its own staff, which include lower pay and chances of promotion among Black and ethnic minority doctors compared with white medics and low BAME representation in senior managerial ranks. The inquiry, undertaken by Genl Sir Gordon Messenger and Dame Linda Pollard, was commissioned last year by Sajid Javid, the health secretary. The report concluded that: “Most critically, we advocate a step-change in the way the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion are embedded as the personal responsibility of every leader and every member of staff. “Although good practice is by no means rare, there is widespread evidence of considerable inequity in experience and opportunity for those with protected characteristics, of which we would call out race and disability as the most starkly disadvantaged. “The only way to tackle this effectively is to mainstream it as the responsibility of all, to demand from everyone awareness of its realities and to sanction those that don’t meet expectations.” Read full story Source: The Guardian, 8 June 2022 -
Content ArticleIn October 2021 the government announced a review into leadership across health and social care, led by former Vice Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir Gordon Messenger and supported by Dame Linda Pollard, Chair of Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust. The results of the review have now been published and recommendations made.
