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What is the name of your union? I am a member of one of the largest nurse unions in the country. How long have you been a member of your...

How long have you been a member of your union? As a newly qualified nurse, I never considered joining a union as the environment was new...

I have been a member of one of the largest nursing unions in the country for 11 years. I often wonder if I should just cancel the...

Equality 4 Black Nurses is interviewing black nurses about the impact racism has had on them, in the hopes that more people feel...

This has been the hardest time ever. I feel that my head is going to explode. My feet are walking, not with a pace of haste but with a...

Full disclosure: I am a white, middle-class, middle-aged woman. And that is how I was when I came into nursing. I was 42 years old when I...

Today, we celebrate nurse Princess Campbell, not only one of Bristol’s first black nurses but also one of the first black ward sisters in...

Today, we discuss the programme “ Why Is Covid Killing People of Colour?” hosted by Black actor David Harewood on BBC One. It’s now been...

Today, we celebrate Nola Ishmael, the first person from a non white background to become a director of nursing in London. She also was a...

This is an account of how the forgotten Black women of gynaecological history opened my eyes to structural racism. As a white woman I...

Yesterday it was reported that a white nurse has won a whistleblowing case for complaining that her black colleagues were being given...

Princess Ademola - Source : Imperial War Museum Today we celebrate the story of Princess Adenrele Ademola , a Nigerian royal who worked...

Annie Catherine Brewster was born in 1858 in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent. She is one of the pioneer nurses of Afro-Carribean...

For many people, Black nurses are strong, resilient, and motivated healthcare workers. We are an inspiration to the community and heroes...

Suffering in silence, I try to internally mend, through the continual dismissive acts and derogatory comments, what was the aim of this...

The Windrush narrative may make it look as if there was no nurses of African descent or coming from Africa in the UK before the NHS...

Today we look at various ways Black nurses and healthcare professionals can stamp out and fight against daily racism and discrimination...

Today, we talk about Baroness Doreen Lawrence's review into the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black, Asian and non-white...

Today we share the story of Dr Simi Adedeji, a former Surgeon, GP and Cosmetic Doctor who shared her experience of racism within the NHS...

Today, we revisit a letter that Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock sent to NHS staff just under a year ago, where...