It’s now apparently acceptable to accuse the Royal Family of being ‘terrible white’ or ‘too white’. In fact, it’s not only acceptable, but saying this makes one a courageous, outspoken hero for the BBC and the progressive Left. So, I assume it would also be acceptable for me to suggest that our beloved NHS may be ‘insufficiently white’.
Let me explain. Our collapsing NHS seems obsessed with hiring DIE (Diversity, Inclusion and Equality) managers. The apparent purpose of these wonderful people is (to quote just one of many similar job ads) “ensuring our workforce reflects the communities and patients we serve in order that we can meet the needs of our diverse communities”.
So, let’s do a quick check on how well current NHS staffing “reflects the communities and patients we serve”.
Of the NHS’s 1.3 million employees, 74.3% are white compared to 80.7% of the working-age population and 87.1% of the total population; 12.5% are Asian compared to 10.1% of the working-age population and 6.9% of the total population; and 7.4% are Black compared to only 4.4% of the working-age population and 3.0% of the total population.
Between 2009 and 2022, the percentage of NHS staff who were white went down from 84.1% to 74.3% and the percentage of NHS staff who were Asian went up from 7.3% to 12.5% – the biggest increase out of all ethnic groups
The first conclusion is that the NHS actually has a greater percentage of employees from ethnic minorities (25.6%) than in the working-age population (20.2%) and than in the general population. So, if the NHS is going to reflect the communities it serves, as it claims it wants to do, then clearly the NHS should employ more white people and fewer Asian and black people.
But, you say, aren’t most of the NHS ethnic minorities doing the more menial jobs while evil, ghastly white supremacists take all the top, best-paid jobs?
Well, here are the figures.
For professionally qualified clinical staff, only 68.7% were white compared to 80.7% of the working-age population and 87.1% of the total population; 15.9% were Asian compared to 10.1% of the working-age population and 6.9% of the total population; and 8.0% were black compared to only 4.4% of the working-age population and 3.0% of the total population.
Let’s just do one more category – qualified doctors: a mere 50.1% were white compared to 80.7% of the working-age population and 87.1% of the total population; an impressive 32.0% were Asian compared to 10.1% of the working-age population and 6.9% of the total population; and 5.9% were black compared to only 4.4% of the working-age population and 3.0% of the total population.
All these figures and many more are available on the Government website.
In summary, among all staff and in particular medical staff, white people are under-represented, Asians are hugely over-represented and black people also score well compared to their part of the working age and general population. Given the under-representation of whites compared to their share of the working age population and general population and the over-representation of Asians and blacks, some people might find it somewhat mysterious that the NHS spends an estimated £40.7 million a year, according to the Taxpayers Alliance, on over 810 DIE (Diversity, Inclusion and Equality) specialists and is currently busy hiring even more of these unnecessary people on salaries that our struggling NHS can ill-afford.
Coming back to the question that nobody nowadays would dare ask, ‘Is the NHS insufficiently white?’ – the official figures from the U.K. Government suggest the answer, according to their own terms, can only be ‘yes’.
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Well researched, but im Sick of all this crap!
Shocking. But completely unsurprising. Our public services are lost, and the last people they serve are the public who serve them.
…and those who pay the taxes to enable it…
Complete ideological infiltration. And will be implemented irrespective of concerns, because “be kind” (and screw the rest).
Voucher systems for health and education are a superb idea……
‘Examining the experience of vouchers and contracting to expand health services through engagement with private sector providers in the Asia Pacific found positive effects with regards to access and utilisation of health services’
Effectively engaging the private sector through vouchers and contracting. Science Direct 2015
‘To those who are sceptical of education vouchers, it should suffice to say that the policy has already been successfully tested in many countries across the world, including New Zealand, Australia, areas of Italy, several US states….’
‘Those who have benefited most include students from less wealthy families…’
The education voucher: a proposal for excellence IEA 2020
But they take power away from Whitehall/local councils/the public sector so none of the main parties will adopt them as a policy.
You’ll have to vote for independent candidates….
The bureaucrats are much better placed, intellectually and morally, to know what I want to do than I am.
Time for another shout out to somebody I admire for being outspoken about the whole gender ideology circus and safeguarding of children, who has ‘lady balls’ ( defo not a penis ). Here’s Helen Joyce being followed by the rent-a-mob, shouting ”f*ck Helen Joyce” ( because tolerance must only be received, never given, evidently ), whom you can identify, if not by their excessively hostile manner, but by their facial accessories symbolic of their collective madness. The ill-mannered intellectually-challenged loons were actually protesting to free that misogynist, eunuch bloke in a dress who was sent down again, but not for saying ‘TERFs’ should be punched in the face, but they saw Helen and latched on to her.
”If women cannot stand in a public place and say ‘men cannot be women’ then we do not have women’s rights at all.”
https://twitter.com/MForstater/status/1701515723665736070
Off topic but friggin’ hell…talking of tolerance and hostility, the parents have obviously taught the kids here plenty of the latter and none of the former. What I find ironic is that I don’t even believe in anyone’s god or deity and I’m more tolerant of everybody’s religious beliefs ( excluding the radical Islamists, which goes without saying ) than those who are devout and do subscribe. I just walk past ‘manic street preachers’, or even the non-manic ones, and they don’t even register, but with others there’s obviously just all out aggression and intolerance, but I draw the line at teaching your kids that such ugly behaviour is acceptable. These adults should be ashamed to teach and encourage such hatred to their kids.
https://twitter.com/CensoredMen/status/1701410107714572556
Any person who is pregnant is a woman. It’s as simple as that. Anything else is insane.
We should be allowed to be respectful and kind towards trans people without having to believe nonsense which is insane.
It doesnt take much for anyone to see that this is lunacy. But here is the problem.
If you are on the board or management committee of an NHS trust and this report is brought to your attention, what are your options?
1. You can ignore it or dismiss it as the insane garbage it is and potentially face the wrath of a lobby drunk with power and hatred ready to gun you down. This could mean public humiliation, loss of job, destruction of your career, anything really.
2. You can adopt the recommendations and cover your arse in the knowledge that doing nothing can get you into serious trouble whereas the worst thing that can happen to you for implementing the recommendations is well, nothing at all. You can just claim you are trying to be inclusive.
The key question is how do we put an end to the witchunting, not just by woke activists but by the general population when an official males an honest mistake.
The case of the head.of the Spanish FA is a perfect example. How do we put an end to these orchestrated, directed mob lynchings.
If we can crack that nut we can put an end to the madness.
“when an official males an honest mistake” – slight Freudian slip there, given the subject.
Do they care that using medical terms can prevent people from accessing services. For example how many people who’s first language isn’t English don’t realise that they’re a person with a cervix and need to be routinely screened for cervical cancer. English is my first language but I haven’t got a clue if I will ever need a coloscopy or attend a coloscopy clinic, although I think it might refer to the colon so most people may need these services at some, but using the term might be offensive to people who’ve had a colostomy (should they be referred to as bag users?).
Exactly – in the examples above, what’s a “non carrying” parent? One who is unable to pick up the baby and tote it about the place? That’s what it means to me.
So 30% received “no care at all”, or claimed tor receive no care at all, during their pregnancy.
What proportion of women overall (sorry, birthing objects) receive no care? Without knowing this, the 30% statistic is meaningless.
And what are they claiming, that these trans people turned up at the midwife for the usual antenatal appointments, banging on the door for help, but were turned away because they are trans?? Or are they claiming that the atmosphere was too unwelcoming so they chose not to attend?
This is loosely related because it’s about the NHS.
I was at a family gathering the other day (Saturday 9th September) and a cousin of mine who is a trainee psychologist for the NHS told us that they’d received a memo or warning the other day.
something along the lines of – there are more people trying to suicide by eating cherry pits (which apparently give off cyanide fumes) so they should (if they suspect their patient of such) wear a surgical mask when giving therapy in person.
I’m obviously naturally sceptical but she was adamant that this could happen and that a mask would help.
Anyone here have any idea if it is possible? Would a mask help?
My wife is an ex-NHS Clinical Psychologist and was interested to hear your tale. In brief her response is as follows:
[1] I have no idea whether masks would protect against cyanide fumes but a brief search of the internet reveals that ingestion of cherry pits may lead to poisoning. There is no mention of these pits exuding cyanide fumes. If masks don’t protect against minute Covid-19 particles, it’s unlikely they will protect against cherry pit fumes.
[2] The idea that a psychologist would put on a mask to protect themselves from a suicidal patient is very troubling. It sounds both untherapeutic and unethical. One would hope that a psychologist would have taken the trouble to properly assess a patient for risk of suicide and have discussed intention and method/s before it got to the stage that they were actively attempting suicide in the psychologist’s consulting room. What would they do if the patient brought a rope into the room or a handful of pills and a bottle of whisky? What message does putting on a mask give to the patient? Presumably; “You are a threat to me and I am scared of you”. How is that going to help a patient who has come to believe their life isn’t worth living?
[2] ‘Safetyism’ is becoming a real problem in the NHS. The case of Lucy Letby shows how staff were more concerned about protecting their staff than their patients.
[3] As an author of a chapter in the book Cynical Therapies and co-author of a report on the infiltration of critical theory into UK psychology training courses (The Politicisation Of Clinical Psychology Training Courses In The UK) I would be interested to know which training institution your cousin is attending if you are prepared to share this information.
A Rainbow, used to be a fun thing to teach kids to draw ( which is also mentioned in Genesis) Now it’s a CULT CARTOON!
I have raised related matters with my local NHS Trust:
Firstly, in relation to a campaign called ‘#Call Me…’ ostensibly concerned with how patients wish to be referred to when in hospital. The campaign was based on one carried out by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust following the mis-gendering of one patient by a consultant anaesthetist, and which was undertaken by a simple adminstrative ‘cost-neutral’ protocol being adopted. My local trust went ahead and spent £20,000+ for the making of two videos by an external supplier. Despite extensive correspondence with, staff, the executive and local governors, I am yet to discover what proportion of this money was funded by NHS England. Quite why the trust is being so coy about this remains a mystery.
Secondly, earlier this year I took part in the annual Equality and Diversity System (EDS) Audit as an assessor. EDS measures trusts’ performance “to review how well the NHS supports patients and their families form the nine protected characteristics” as set-out in the Equalities Act 2010. This experience was salutary: deadlines were missed throughout without any apparent concern from the Head of Patient Experience and her team; the administration and presentation of the scoring forms and evidence was full of basic errors and totally inadequate for the task. Evidence comprised predominantly of huge tracts of policy/best practice in the form of aspirational aims rather than evidence that they were demonstrably effective. The on-line briefing sessions revealed that no more than four people were involved in the assessment (amongst which I was the only non-staff/governor); indeed, one governor was ‘doubtful if it would result in any improvement in patient care’ i.e. that it was a completely pointless exercise. An FOI request to the trust suggested that at least 96 hours of staff time was spent on EDS 2022 which at a conservative estimate would be sufficient to fund a common surgery procedure such a knee or hip replacement. Not only was there any evidence of EDS2022 providing benefit to patients, but also I question the ethics of attempting to obtain feedback data from patients when they are sick or suffering from dementia or mental illness.