NHS staff are having to deal with increased racism from patients – including patients refusing to be treated by non-white staff members and referring to a healthcare worker as “a monkey” – according to the Society of Radiographers. Healthcare workers say that such incidents have increased noticeably over the last 18 months, reflecting increasingly hostile public attitudes to race, diversity and immigration, as well as nationalist movements such as Operation Raise the Colours. The SoR is therefore placing renewed focus on holding NHS trusts accountable for incidents of racism,…
Read MoreNHS staff face worsening racist abuse following rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric, says Society of Radiographers
