We want to highlight both the contribution of BME people & migration to the NHS past and present, but also the realities faced then and now (hostility in the workplace, the hostile environment and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19).
The disproportionate deaths of BME NHS staff and BME people generally, and the restrictionist Immigration Bill that is making its way through parliament makes the need for such a conversation more pertinent than ever.
Dr Stephanie Snow, University of Manchester, historian of medicine and healthcare and author of Immigration and the National Health Service: putting history to the forefront
Professor Linda McDowell, University of Oxford, Fellow Emerita at St John’s College and author of Migrant Women’s Voices: talking about life and work in the UK since 1945
Yvonne Coghill, Deputy President, Royal College of Nurses and Director – WRES Implementation in NHS England
Helen Hayes, MP for Dulwich and West Norwood
Zubaida Haque (Chair) – Runnymede Trust Director
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