A story for the BBC i hope New emails suggest Trump knew about conduct of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Yet more evidence "babies born to black mothers were 81% more likely to die in neonatal care and that babies whose mothers lived in the most deprived areas had a 63% higher risk." www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Good to hear Daniel Elkeles from NHS Providers on BBC TV this morning warn of sanctions where necessary faced with racist patients. St George’s flags create ‘no go zones’ for NHS staff, health leaders warn uk.news.yahoo.com/st-george-fl...

who's behind the attacks on the BBC at the moment?

BBC resignations are result of internal ‘coup’, says former Sun editor . I'm sure he is right. If there has been BBC bias I'd say it is in the other direction to that complained of. And Trump can go take a jump www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

An excellent debunking of some of the nonsense around that simplifies organisational change www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

RCN wins landmark case: chief nurse reinstated after racism (and patient safety) concerns ignored www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Mistakes www.linkedin.com/pulse/mistak...

Well, as usual, this is a really thought provoking essay from Nadeem Moghal. Thank you ,https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/blue-pill-green-red-dr-nadeem-moghal-hp2ge/

Company linked to Michelle Mone owes £39m in unpaid taxes Lock them up and don't release them accidentally. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Sleaze in plain sight. Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres to sell off land Council’s Reform cabinet member for social care owns private care company www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Where are the foul racists when courage and selflessness is shown by a public service worker of Black and Minority Ethnic heritage? Silent. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Ho ho ho. Reform-led council says flags must come down so Christmas lights can go up www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

World somersault champion speaks. Nigel Farage backtracks on Reform UK’s promise to cut £90bn of taxeshttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/03/nigel-farage-backtracks-reform-uk-promise-cut-90bn-taxes?CMP=share_btn_url

A landmark case www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/di...

Thank you Farheen Akhtar for this excellent blog The cultures we work within: Belonging, silence, and the cost of exclusion blogs.bmj.com/bmjleader/20...

NHS STAFF SURVEY. The annual NHS staff survey is open till November 20th. Contrary to rumours it is entirely confidential and can be very important in identifying key issues that need addressing Please complete it.

In the 1594 words of the Secretary of State;s press release on antisemitism and racism in the NHS last week there were just 14 words on Islamophobia. Can someone explain why, please?https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-tackle-antisemitism-and-other-racism-in-the-nhs

All credit to the changed leadership of the Trust for being so direct about the issues

Colleagues outside the NHS - or indeed within it - may not realise the immense significant of this outcome.

Rare but encouraging. Let’s hope this gets proper coverage in the HSJ so that more boards are aware of it. @hsj.co.uk @davewwest.bsky.social

NEW. PLEASE READ. A landmark case which every NHS Board, nurse and midwife, and HR staff member should learn from. All credit to the Board for such an honest statement. And to Evonne Hunt, Chief Nurse

NEW. PLEASE READ. A landmark case which every NHS Board, nurse and midwife, and HR staff member should learn from. All credit to the Board for such an honest statement. And to Evonne Hunt, Chief Nurse

NEW. PLEASE READ. A landmark case which every NHS Board, nurse and midwife, and HR staff member should learn from. All credit to the Board for such an honest statement. And to Evonne Hunt, Chief Nurse,

Accountability & @rogerkline.bsky.social -working through @cipd.bsky.social to achieve it - brings hope things can get better. The #CIPD Investigation Panel imposing a permanent lifetime exclusion from CIPD membership - sends a huge signal to #NHS! @laylamoran.bsky.social @nhsrobw.bsky.social

Please make sure you vote in the National Trust AGM election by midnight tonight. If you want to keep Restore Trust candidates as figures of fun (see below) and not elect them as reactionary, historical revisionist decision-makers, use the quick vote mechanism to vote (which will doubly annoy them!)

Can democracy survive a GDP obsession and the myth of unlimited growth? youtu.be/0fmz6PCF2pQ?...

Selling the left’s message in the digital age is an art – Ireland’s new president mastered it Una Mullally www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Care home operators Barchester Healthcare and HC-One have been acquired this week by a US investment company in a deal worth over £6bn. Care home residents as "assets". www.laingbuissonnews.com/care-markets...

An interesting short essay on US political history heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-28...

As the grandson of Jewish Immigrants myself I am frequently astonished by the utter hypocrisy of politicians of immigrants descent who are sometimes the worst racists of all

More wreckage from 14 years of Tory rule Hundreds of hospice beds and staff cut in England amid funding crisis National Audit Office reports nearly two-thirds of independent hospices in deficit in 2023-24 as demand increases www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Satire struggling to keep up with reality in the Reform party www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The NHS staff survey is currently underway. I would urge all staff to complete it as used properly it is an invaluable means to drive improvement in your organisation. And , contrary to rumours, it IS confidential.

Ooooh www.economist.com/interactive/...

Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55% Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

NHS leaders warn of longer waiting times if demand for extra £3bn not met-leaders-demand-extra-funding-waiting-times?CMP=share_btn_url www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

No wonder he's trying to recoup his losses in Gaza www.ft.com/content/1196...

The NHS staff survey is currently underway. I would urge all staff to complete it as used properly it is an invaluable means to drive improvement in your organisation. And , contrary to rumours, it IS confidential.

As a former negotiator, this is rather obvious but misses out the most obvious influence on negotiations - what is happening outside the negotiating "room" and how is that mobilised effectively (or not) hbr.org/2025/10/what...

"the number of qualified district nurses per 10,000 people aged 65 and over has dropped by 50% in the last 14 years." A legacy of the Tories' utter neglect of the NHS. The annual CQC State of Care report is worth reading www.cqc.org.uk/publications...

"the number of qualified district nurses per 10,000 people aged 65 and over has dropped by 50% in the last 14 years." A legacy of the Tories' utter neglect of the NHS. The annual CQC State of Care report is worth reading www.cqc.org.uk/publications...

I had a number of private message from very senior NHS Trust and ICB people endorsing the message of this blog. Is there anyone in a senior position who thinks the Government mandating one-off online diversity training for all NHS staff is a good idea? Happy to hear from you?

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I had a number of private messages from very senior NHS Trust and ICB people endorsing the message of this blog. Is there anyone in a senior position who thinks the Government mandating one-off online diversity training for all NHS staff is a good idea? Happy to hear from you

Why Streeting's NHS anti racism training plan won't work. Excellent article from Roger Kline Please read.

CQC chief executive steps down amid Leeds maternity investigation. I'm going to say that at the CQC he was a serious upgrade on his hopeless predecessor www.standard.co.uk/news/health/...

I had a number of private messages from very senior NHS Trust and ICB people endorsing the message of this blog. Is there anyone in a senior position who thinks the Government mandating one-off online diversity training for all NHS staff is a good idea? Happy to hear from you