All Equality and diversity articles – Page 28
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NewsSlow progress appointing women leaders in the NHS, research finds
The proportion of women holding senior leadership positions in the NHS has increased slightly over the past year, with an additional 206 women now sitting on clinical commissioning group governing bodies and provider boards.
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NewsHSJ celebrates inspirational women in healthcare
Showcasing the individuals and organisations driving transformational change in the NHS
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NewsHelp us find LGBT role models within the NHS
Make your nominations and complete our experience survey
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Blogs
Who would admit to being racist?
A survey reveals that a surprising number of people view themselves as racist
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Some pointers for the NHS Equality and Diversity Council
Grand sounding equal opportunities policies and recruitment targets arrangements have not led to a scaling of the NHS’s ‘snowy white peaks’
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Stirring up the multicultural melting pot
The NHS has a duty to serve all groups and communities
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NewsHelp us find the most inspirational women in healthcare
Driving transformational change in the NHS
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SupplementsDiversity – an HSJ special report
Ahead of NHS Equality, Diversity and Human Rights Week
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Yes to all-BME short lists for senior public sector jobs
The aim of positive discrimination is to ensure public sector leadership represents the diverse society we live in
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The politics of language
It can be hard to keep up with the evolution of acceptable language for talking about people
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HSJ Knowledge'Race discrimination is a serious risk to patient experience'
Evidence shows lack of progress on diversity
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NewsExclusive: Study reveals NHS failure on diversity at senior levels
A new study has found the proportion of senior NHS positions held by people of black and minority ethnic backgrounds has barely changed in eight years, with progress towards better representation labelled as “glacial”.
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NewsLamb warns against referrals for ‘gay conversion’ therapy
Health minister Norman Lamb has written to NHS England calling for reassurances that GPs are not referring gay and lesbian people to controversial practitioners who say they can “cure” people of homosexuality.
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CommentGood luck with the new job, Simon. Here's your to-do list…
Experts outline the biggest issues facing the new NHS England chief
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NewsOutgoing NHS chief regrets slow progress on BME leaders
The outgoing NHS England chief executive has said he regrets not making more progress in increasing the number of black and minority ethnic senior NHS leaders.
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HSJ KnowledgeInequality in end of life care: what you said
On 28 February, HSJ hosted a Twitter chat with Marie Curie Cancer Care, featuring their head of policy and public affairs Phil McCarvill, about issues of access and inequality when commissioning end of life care. Better education and training was one of the main themes to emerge. Here are the ...
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