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Why are ethnic minority leaders leaving the NHS?

Exploring the scale of racism, exclusion and inequity experienced by ethnic minority staff in the NHS.

  • Race equality

  • Workforce

  • Leadership

  • Neighbourhood health

Lord Victor Adebowale and Sandra Buchan join host Adam Brimelow to discuss a new NHS Alliance report revealing the scale of racism, exclusion and inequity experienced by ethnic minority staff in the NHS. They examine how and why leaders need to take ownership of the inequality experienced by both staff and patients, and what's driving leaders to leave the NHS.

Plus, what will it take to make neighbourhood health a reality with no new money to achieve it?

Ruth Rankine, director of the NHS Alliance’s Primary Care Network, joins us to explore the practical challenges of shifting care from hospital to the community.

The conversation explores how factors from funding and contracts to culture, complexity and local decision-making will impact implementation of this key shift.  

Health on the Line is an NHS Alliance podcast produced by HealthCommsPlus.  

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