Discrimination in the NHS is rooted in exclusion going back hundreds of years'

Article Abstract:

Racism and discrimination are major problems facing the African-American and minority ethnic young nurses in the NHS, with BME and internationally recruited nurses less likely to secure promotions and having poorer experiences of working in the NHS. The value system of nursing should mean valuing people equally by learning from the history of the abolition of exclusion and slave trade.

Employment discrimination

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eRacist abuse ruined my lifeE

Article Abstract:

The story of an African-American nurse, Rosie Purves, who was prevented from looking after an American baby, is presented. She won the racial discrimination claim against her employer in May 2004 and was latter awarded with pound sterling 20,000.

Management dynamics, Practice, Purves, Rosie

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'The lack of senior BME nurses reflects systematic discrimination in the NHS'

Article Abstract:

The lack of black and minority ethnic (BME) nurses in senior positions in the NHS is marked by discrimination and professional exclusion. It reflects of an institutional inability to tackle racism and make real progress on issues of equality.

Minorities, Racism, Nursing services

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