More than a dozen NHS trusts are hiring diversity managers in spite of the current NHS crisis – caused by inadequate funding, say NHS chiefs – and a Government review recommending NHS diversitycrats should be cut back. The Telegraph has more.
An investigation has found at least 17 open jobs for diversity and inclusion roles across the country, budgeting up to almost £1 million in annual salaries.
It comes after a landmark report this summer set out plans for a shake-up of NHS management, including reducing the number of equality, diversity and inclusion roles over time.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust is advertising for an interim associate director of equality, diversity and inclusion with a salary of up to £77,274 a year.
The candidate will lead the Trust’s equality strategy including the development of “an inclusive, diverse and engaging culture”, according to the job description.
While University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is advertising for a new role as the equality, diversity and inclusion lead, paying up to £72,639 a year, it is understood the job is charitably funded.
The investigation by the Taxpayer’s Alliance also found an advert for a part-time position at the Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, as equality, diversity and inclusion manager, offering candidates up to £44,503 a year with the ability to work from home.
The 17 jobs currently advertised on the NHS Jobs site could pay the candidates up to £926,962 a year in total.
John O’Connell, chief executive of the Taxpayers’ Alliance, said: “Taxpayers are sick of seeing precious resources used to pay for NHS diversity hires on bumper salaries.
“While health bosses cry out that services are at breaking point, NHS bodies continue pumping out ads for yet more diversity demagogues.
“Ministers need to get a grip and ensure these right-on roles are wound down.”
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Despite the government not having any money and just adding to the already colossal debt pile.
Despite the service not being able to attend to its patients even with the biggest budget in its history.
Despite many things.
I suppose there’s a possibility that we will all equally be unable to get any treatment …. despite our ethnicity.
Although I suspect that if you come from some “communities” you’ll be prioritised.
I presume that the diversity managers have the goal of making the NHS reflect the gender, race and sexuality distribution in the general population — so I imagine that they’ll be encouraging white-British individuals and males to the health service.
Not that I think it is necessary — the NHS should be recruiting only those that meet their requirements, and there’s no need to spend time worrying too much about race/gender/sexuality (other than where they might harm others, such as encouraging workers from other countries). Obviously there’s a need to ensure that there’s no discrimination, but that’s probably best dealt with at a local level.
If members of a suitable group are statistically underrepresented (a meaningless criterion), that’s a sign of systemic somethingism. If they’re overrpresented, that’s nothing but just compensation for past discrimination.
On a day to day basis what do diversity officers actually spend their time doing?
I can image it’s things such as writing long winded reports that are rarely if ever read about the life experiences of minorities in the health service. Maybe they come up with equally unread suggestions for recruitment campaigns aimed at minorities. Occaisionally they may produce leaflets or posters showing how their trust is helping promote diversity and inclusiveness, or celebrating all the hard working underpaid people from minority backgrounds and calling on staff/patients to respect them.
Maybe they spend most of the day doing sweet F###all, but their bosses can still boast they have a diversity officer. Who knows?
You forgot to mention planning the:
Eid celebrations
Diwali celebrations
Pride celebrations
Climate Change celebrations
BLM celebrations
And issuing instructions that Christmas, Easter, Hanukkuh and Passover must not be celebrated since they may upset some “communities” and are divisive.
If you have a Diversity/Inclusion Associate Director then you also have a Manager, Deputy Manager, a couple of Executives and a handful of administrators. So the cost isn’t £77,274 (Liverpool) – it’s going to be 3 or 4 times that.
Repeat that across the NHS (and the rest of the Public Sector) and soon you’re talking serious money.
The solution is to repeal the Equality Act and sack the lot of them.