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14M to be spent on DEI jobs in the NHS

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Melroses · 18/09/2023 09:37

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/17/nhs-england-diversity-roles-despite-crackdown-waste-wokery/

In today's Telegraph

" Officials at NHS England have drawn up plans for three new departments called “Equality, Diversity and Inclusion”, “People and Culture” and “People and Communities”, with 244 posts across the teams.
The Health Secretary is understood to be “frustrated” by the move and intends to summon health officials to demand explanations for the creation of large departments enforcing “woke doctrines”.
Ministers have repeatedly promised to crack down on bureaucracy, with NHS England ordered to cut its total workforce by up to 40 per cent.
Earlier this year, Steve Barclay, the Health Secretary, ordered NHS England to get rid of specific diversity and inclusion roles, as part of efforts to “ensure good value for money”.
The latest move has emerged ahead of the first joint strikes by junior doctors and consultants which NHS bosses have warned will cancel almost all appointments.
NHS waiting lists in England are also at a record high, with 7.7 million people – around one in seven of the population – waiting for treatment. "

NHS to spend millions creating ‘woke’ diversity and inclusion jobs

Move to set up three new departments focusing on equality and LGBT issues comes despite ministers' demands for less bureaucracy

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/17/nhs-england-diversity-roles-despite-crackdown-waste-wokery/

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DoItAgainPlz · 18/09/2023 14:37

I can't stand any of this DEI nonsense.

I know of someone in law who is a Diversity advocate. He's white, male, from a very wealthy background, privately educated and only recently out of university. To be fair, he is gay - but it's not like gay men are particularly new to the professional world.

He's having lunches with Hillary Clinton and other high profile characters and taking self-congratulatory selfies every week in a new country on trips where all his expenses are paid.

They're grifters.

NeighbourhoodWatchPotholeDivision · 18/09/2023 15:34

BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · 18/09/2023 11:12

Why are black mothers and babies more likely to die? Is it they less likely to be listened to with concerns?

A big part of the problem is that we don't know the answer to that question.

Probably partly less likely to be listened to (we already know women in general are less likely to be listened to than men).

And it's quite likely there are different risk factors. We know, for example, that black people have different risk factors for cardiac health and are likely to respond differently to some drugs. We also know that women respond differently to a lot of drugs. Most medical research has been carried out on men, and results tend not to be analysed by either sex or ethnicity.

And - for reasons not unrelated to the above - trust of medical professionals is lower, so they may miss out on antenatal care. In the US, which has particularly bad outcomes for black mothers and babies, there's also the income/insurance problem.

We know it's a problem, we know there are a multiple reasons but not really the specifics of why or how to solve it. That's the sort of thing where equality funding and policies could really make a difference.

Notably, Serena Williams nearly became another black maternal mortality statistic in the US, because staff didn't listen to her explaining she had a history of blood clots and she needed preventative treatment for blood clots. Serena is famous for her amazing achievements, and with the money to choose where she gave birth- so how little respect must Jane Smith, Mrs Average get?
Serena wrote about her birth experience here

How Serena Williams Saved Her Own Life

Black women are nearly three times more likely to die after childbirth than white women. Serena Williams was almost one of them. Here, in her own words, she tells her story.

https://www.elle.com/life-love/a39586444/how-serena-williams-saved-her-own-life

Toseland · 18/09/2023 20:22

People aren't being won over by the rainbows, they're not taking the programming - throw some more money at it!

SaffronSpice · 18/09/2023 20:26

Toseland · 18/09/2023 20:22

People aren't being won over by the rainbows, they're not taking the programming - throw some more money at it!

I think what is actually happening is people think it is the preserve of a few niche weirdos so can just be ignored. But as it starts to affect them personally they start to object. So more rainbows is likely to fuel resistance then rebellion against it.

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