Blog Posts

Today, we celebrate nurse Princess Campbell, not only one of Bristol’s first black nurses but also one of the first black ward sisters in...

Today, we discuss the programme “ Why Is Covid Killing People of Colour?” hosted by Black actor David Harewood on BBC One. It’s now been...

Today, we celebrate Nola Ishmael, the first person from a non white background to become a director of nursing in London. She also was a...

This is an account of how the forgotten Black women of gynaecological history opened my eyes to structural racism. As a white woman I...

Yesterday it was reported that a white nurse has won a whistleblowing case for complaining that her black colleagues were being given...

Princess Ademola - Source : Imperial War Museum Today we celebrate the story of Princess Adenrele Ademola , a Nigerian royal who worked...

Annie Catherine Brewster was born in 1858 in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent. She is one of the pioneer nurses of Afro-Carribean...

For many people, Black nurses are strong, resilient, and motivated healthcare workers. We are an inspiration to the community and heroes...

Suffering in silence, I try to internally mend, through the continual dismissive acts and derogatory comments, what was the aim of this...

The Windrush narrative may make it look as if there was no nurses of African descent or coming from Africa in the UK before the NHS...

Today we look at various ways Black nurses and healthcare professionals can stamp out and fight against daily racism and discrimination...

Today, we talk about Baroness Doreen Lawrence's review into the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black, Asian and non-white...

Today we share the story of Dr Simi Adedeji, a former Surgeon, GP and Cosmetic Doctor who shared her experience of racism within the NHS...

Today, we revisit a letter that Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock sent to NHS staff just under a year ago, where...

Today, Equality 4 Black Nurses's founder Neomi Bennett is delighted to introduce to our readers the wonderful Piers Harrison Reid who is...

Heart of a Nation is an online exhibition by the Migration Museum which puts  a spotlight on the sacrifices migrants have had to go...

Today, we celebrate the life and legacy of Louise Da-Cocodia, a Black nurse of Jamaican descent who became the first black senior officer...

Discrimination simply becomes normal and part of the NHS culture

Black nurses are strong, resilient, and motivated healthcare workers

Institutionalised racism within Healthcare is a serious and insidious problem, which leads to discrimination. Many Black Health Care...