Racism; prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.
Access to healthcare is a global human right, but racism is also a global issue. On a daily basis health and social care staff and students are at the receiving end of racist abuse from patients, clients and even their colleagues. Similarly, those accessing health care or social care support can be discriminated against due to the racist attitudes of the staff that are supposed to help them.
This project has been created with the purpose of helping health and social care staff tackle racism in their workplaces. Whether you’re a Black or Asian staff member looking for support, or a white colleague who wants to know how to be an ally, we have collated resources to assist in ending racism and racist incidents in health and social care settings.
We have aimed to gather resources that look beyond the UK and the NHS. We want this project to be helpful to all health and social care staff, including those who may be working with marginalised groups in very different settings that are beyond the British Isles. The resources provided here are dynamic and will continue to be developed and added to in the future.
