- The Trust surveys staff every two years to find out whether racism in the workplace is a problem:
- “Overall I think the Trust tries to have the conversation but challenging the hidden cultures in an organisation is very difficult. There are so many elements that influence people’s behaviour and something are not always as explicit.”
“We receive and witness a lot of abuse from patients but I don’t think local staff care much about that”.
“The trust does partially support me and my colleagues but in light of the recent changes in services staff are being extremely tested and compromised in ways that do not feel at all supportive.” - 'Challenge, Educate and Support' is a guidance booklet that builds on the foundations of an earlier campaign that encouraged staff to report racist incidents.
.@NSFTtweets are launching their anti-discrimination work today. What happens in your workplace? pic.twitter.com/AAd7Pfq5WL- Chair of the Trust, Gary Page, and board members have been at the forefront of this project, recognising their role as key leaders and role models in order to influence change in the organisation:
.@NSFTtweets trust board chair launching 'challenge, educate, support' and pledging to #EndRacism pic.twitter.com/dQZBuXThY6- The board fully signed up to actively work against discrimination, recognising that 'we need to move beyond handwringing to positive action'
Has your board fully signed up to actively challenge discrimination, beyond legislation? Would you like them to? pic.twitter.com/kW97WJBDEu- Challenging racism is everyone's responsibility, and the Trust has produced materials, guidance and support to enable people to do that
.@NSFTtweets have produced support materials to remind everyone of their responsibility to #EndRacism #health pic.twitter.com/qPQgzGuiFW- Ravi Seenan, Equality and Engagement Manager at the Trust, reminds staff dealing with racism to challenge the behaviour, not the person.
In launching @NSFTtweets 's challenge, educate & support, Ravi reminds all staff to challenge racist behaviour pic.twitter.com/rtFzRhhAPg- Want to know more about Challenge, Educate Support? Inspired to start a similar project in your organisation? Read more about it in this blog.
- Racism in the health service affects the lives of both service users and health professionals. Over the coming weeks, we'll be publishing a series of articles on the consequences of racism on doctors, nurses and patients.
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Challenge, Educate & Support
Racism in health service provision affects staff and patients alike. End Racism went to Norwich to find out how Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust are tackling race discrimination in their workplace.
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