NHS staff told to stop wearing uniforms at pro-Palestinian demonstrations

Good - no staff at any employer should be wearing political badges nor attending political events in uniform.

I should I would be equally sympathetic to it. And yes I was being sarcastic because I stand by the fact that children being bombed to pieces and buried under rubble is worse than adult name calling. I feel sorry for you if you can't see that.

I feel this way.

Thd rainbow no longer signifies what it used to.

It now signifies men pushing women aside.

Rose a male asking a female nurse why she isn't getting changed whilst standing there in his boxer shorts.

Karen White male raping women in a woman's prison.

Cheating men taking medals from women.

A male teacher telling off a 9 year old child for calling him sir and forgetting he was a non binary teacher.

...this shit has captured the rainbow and soiled it. I'd never wear a rainbow now. It no longer means what it used to mean.

As they should

I'll make a note that apparently you think it's okay to call random Jews Nazis, thousands of miles away from where people are actually being killed.

that was absolutely uncalled for, especially as it was said in response to someone actually asking if people supported Hamas.

NHS staff shouldn't be wearing uniforms at political protests. It's not about Gaza specifically.

and yes I have been told that if you don't support Hamas as the legitimate resistance in Palestine, you don't support Palestine, you are pro-genocide. I am Jewish and support Palestinian rights. I can't post what people call me without breaking site rules.

off the top of my head

That they’re thoughtless, don’t understand how to behave professionally and need it to be explained to them

That they’re so wedded to the way they think they genuinely believe they are doing the right thing - consciously or unconsciously believing that others’ views aren’t worthy of respect

That they’re massive virtue signallers and show-offs who must see themselves as righteous at all times

That they don’t mind patients potentially feeling intimidated or even threatened when they are in a hospital or care setting

That they have very limited insight into how others think - which is a bit worrying in a healthcare setting

I was always told that uniforms shouldn't be work outside of the hospitals.

I have worked in many places with a uniform. You shouldn't be l seen anywhere representing your work place that's political, smoking outside, being drunk in s pub etc. It's just not professional

Good- demos in support of terrorists shouldn’t feature work uniforms!

https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/nhs-crackdown-on-political-symbols-welcomed-after-board-of-deputies-raises-alarm-over-antisemitism-oq517epq

Sensible brown up decision making.

Religious

If someone wore a star of David on their uniform in our 'diverse' trust there would ostracism and people bowling for action. Our Jewish staff do not wear re litmus symbology for fear of comment or bias. Our faith centre is no longer designated as a place for both Jewish and Muslim worship. Now people want to wear Palestinian colours despite part of their population being lead by a heinous terrorist group. The systemaric killing of Jews at the move festivsl.was her holocaust of 30s Germany in microcosm so why do people not see the problem with wearing Palestine lapel badges?

The neutrality isn't specifically about Palestine, only in this example. At election time , the NHS isn't allowed to show support for any party either. I vote in my own clothes, not in uniform. I will only wear a trust lanyard, I won't put my pronouns in my email. I work to look after patients only. My views are not relevant at that time and I don't want to intimidate someone into thinking they can't ask me for anything.

That they stand in solidarity with healthcare workers that have been deliberately killed. Bombing hospitals is illegal under international law.

Why on earth would anyone want to wear their uniform? What’s the point that they are trying to make?

Rainbow lanyards are 100% political statements. Since Stonewall shifted its focus to trans issues sadly that’s what the pride rainbow signifies to many now, that and ‘queer theory’ which has no place in the workforce. I see rainbows these days as an indicator that the person is no supporter of women, which is very sad.

I've been on the Palestine marches and there wasn't a single mention of Hamas. If you're going to call out people who think the October 7th attack was justified then also call out the zionists who want Palestinians ethnically cleansed from gaza.

I'm guessing that's because you're not directly being starved or bombed to death. I agree with previous post which said health care workers are being directly targeted by israel and health care workers in the UK have the right to stand in allegiance with them.

Should we be neutral about upwards of 20000 children being bombed and buried under rubble though? This is the government controlling public sector workers so they can't go against the government's pro israel policy.

Nope. Against policy and would be extremely intimidating for Jewish patients .

Which in itself now shows lack of support and intimidation of GC woman and woman’s rights.
So I’m afraid the rainbow is no longer the happy image we remember it as
It is now very much a political image

Many hospitals have rainbows everywhere.
Wes needs to sort it all out.

Thanks for pointing this out @ScrollingLeaves

Me too, I have a lot of time for him 🤞

I'd never wear my scrubs to any kind of event. The biggest problem is the potential for those who disagree to feel they can't come to me for help, which is the whole reason I'm a doctor. I don't wear any badges either; I work in ICU, my patients and their families are living through a crisis and do not need to be asked to think about my opinions about anything.

However I laughed very heartily indeed at the person who thinks we should be putting our scrubs 'in the laundry'; we've laundered our own scrubs at every hospital I've worked in for more than 15 years. Only theatre scrubs are laundered on site.

I also have zero time for the fool who judges hard working nurses stopping at the supermarket during the limited time they have to shop. Doctors who don't wear scrubs are wearing the clothes they wore to work into the shops; you'd have no idea about that. Many of us who do wear scrubs in fact change into clean scrubs for travel; again, you'd have no idea. By far the greatest exposure I have to respiratory viruses, as an example, despite putting people onto life support for them, is via the local supermarket and other crowded places where members of the public feel no qualms about coughing directory onto others etc.