Following on from the powerful blog “After the speeches…” that outlined actions needed to reduce discrimination, we are delighted to publish part seven of a ten part blog series by Roger Kline with suggestions on how to tackle structural racism in the NHS. In 2012 Google set out to answer a simple question “What makes […]
Category: Disability and Inclusion
A lesson from a pandemic by Kelly Lockwood
Whilst the rest of the world reals in resentment, fear and anger at the novel coronavirus rampaging through our communities, as someone with a lifelong degenerative health condition, it has served as an intriguing moment of reflection for me. The maze It is often extremely difficult, if not impossible, to explain to someone who is […]
The “dreams” of disabled doctors in the NHS workforce should not be trod upon by Dr Shibley Rahman
I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. WB Yeats The dreams of disabled doctors to succeed in the NHS workplace matter. Disability is a ‘protected characteristic’ under equality law. Data […]
Disability in the NHS – an opportunity or a threat? by Dr Shibley Rahman
I’ve known about the major findings of the BMA survey on disability for a few weeks, and I’ve thought about the implications many times. In 2019 3.6% of the non-clinical and 2.9% of the clinical workforce (excluding medical and dental staff) declared a disability through the NHS Electronic Staff Record. I became physically disabled in […]