Help Keep Icilda's Dream Alive
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Anika Ola
- Nov 23
- 2 min
Disturbing Saga of Icilda's Dream & the Battle Against Racial Bias & discrimination in Social Care
Rated 5 out of 5 stars.
(7)Unmasking Injustice *TRIGGER WARNING* In July 2022, Icilda, a resilient 70-year-old nurse, fulfilled her lifelong dream of owning a care...
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Anika Ola
- Sep 21
- 3 min
URGENT CALL 4 ACTION - STOP CQC FROM REMOVING COMFORTABLE AND HAPPY RESIDENTS FROM THEIR HOME TODAY
Rated 3 out of 5 stars.
(2)Ashdale Care Home Mansfield NOTTINGHAMSHIRE - Please in us in protest to protect this Nursing home and its residents. Icilda's Dream Has...
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Anika Ola
- Sep 8
- 5 min
Justice for Ebenezer * Battling Racial Discrimination in Healthcare
Rated 4.333 out of 5 stars.
(6)Dear Friends, Supporters, and Concerned Citizens, I hope this message finds you in good health and high spirits. Today, we come to you...
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Anika Ola
- Aug 24
- 6 min
Did Race, Ethnicity & "Not looking the type" help conceal intent & true colours of a Killer Nurse?
Rated 2 out of 5 stars.
(4)First and foremost, we at Equality 4 Black Nurses (E4BN) offer our sincerest condolences to those affected by the case of Lucy Letby. The...
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Anika Ola
- Aug 22
- 3 min
Skin colour has a lot to do with it -Killer Nurse Lucy Letby
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(4)The case of Lucy Letby, a nurse sentenced for multiple infant deaths at the Countess of Chester Hospital, has ignited a discussion on the...
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Anika Ola
- May 22
- 5 min
Nigerian CBT Issue - Different Race - Different Outcome ?
In our work at Equality 4 Black Nurses, we have identified that White Nurses receive fewer referrals to the NMC and often receive more...
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Anika Ola
- Mar 30
- 2 min
Embracing each others Culture
This poem was written by a staff nurse in recovery from severe racial abuse from a white senior manager in a large NHS trust. She worked...
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Anika Ola
- Feb 26
- 6 min
Racism in the NHS - hiding in plain sight for those brave enough to look at it. Our lives Matter
Have you been asked to write a reflective account but need clarification on what you might have done wrong? When you are unsure, it's...
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Anika Ola
- Jan 2
- 2 min
An Anti-Racist Health Service Manifesto for Change
Due to the history of racist practices towards Black and Brown health workers that have been further exposed by our experience of the...
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Anika Ola
- Aug 5, 2022
- 6 min
NHS trust supported the physical racist attack on a Black Nurse by her white senior colleague
What’s your current job role? I’m a nurse in a London hospital What brought you to E4BN? Over a long period whilst working in an NHS...
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BR
- Jun 22, 2022
- 1 min
Gaining Strength
A mind yearns for a mouth to speak. How can I explain? The waters from the brooks of eyes... Even when hereby, a girl so far with the...
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BR
- Apr 8, 2022
- 14 min
As An Overseas Social Worker, I Was Vulnerable And My Employer Did Not Support Me
What’s your current job role? I’m a social worker. What brought you to E4BN? I saw the E4BN blog post about a Black nurse who had been...
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Anika Ola
- Feb 17, 2022
- 3 min
How Many More Reports Do We Need? Our view on The NHS Race and Health Observatory Review
A new review from the NHS Race and Health Observatory is out, observing inequalities in healthcare from the perspective of patients and...
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Anika Ola
- Feb 1, 2022
- 3 min
The Discriminatory Nature of Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccines in Healthcare: We're Being Forced Out
Patient-facing Black and ethnic minority workers who have not had the COVID-19 vaccine risk losing their jobs. Overwhelming data in...
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Anika Ola
- Jan 20, 2022
- 7 min
Black nursing staff are often blamed & punished for issues that White staff are supported through
What’s your current job role? I’m a registered Nurse. What brought you to E4BN? My employer suspended me and the trade union, which...
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Anika Ola
- Dec 2, 2021
- 10 min
I’ve continuously been allocated Covid positive wards. I’m Black & I am high risk, give me a break
What’s your current job role? I’m a Healthcare Assistant (HCA) in an adult high dependency unit and I was training during the first peak...
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Anika Ola
- Aug 19, 2021
- 3 min
Black Nurse Assaulted by a White Health Care Assistant (HCA) at UHCW NHS Trust
I am a Registered Nurse and I was working a night shift at a hospital with a team of White colleagues. I was the only Black member of...
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Anika Ola
- Aug 9, 2021
- 7 min
I was the only Black nurse in the department and I soon found out that I had been downgraded to HCA
My experience of racism in the workplace is real and painful because it's not only the racism but the wickedness that follows. The...
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Anika Ola
- Jul 20, 2021
- 3 min
White NHS staff trumped up charges against me & referred me to the NMC for speaking out racism.
Being a member of one of the largest unions in the UK for over 8 years paying my monthly subscriptions without fail. I was devastated...
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