NHS: Black and Minority Ethnic Nursing Directors Debate
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Lord Mawhinney
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NHS: Black and Minority Ethnic Nursing Directors
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Earl Howe
My Lords, I fully agree with the noble Lord about the importance of this issue. A strong focus on equality and diversity is essential to create services and workplaces that are equitable and where everyone feels that they count. The position at present is highly unsatisfactory. The Chief Nursing Officer has personally assured me that this is a priority for her, and she is working closely with BME nurse leaders to address how to support BME nurses to prepare themselves for promotion. Forty-six million pounds has been invested at the NHS Leadership Academy in schemes on leadership development being led by the Chief Nursing Officer. At last year’s BME nursing conference, she made a public commitment to renew efforts to develop BME nurses more effectively, and that will include monitoring.
Lord Mawhinney (Con)
My Lords, what figure, set by the Government or Public Health England, would constitute a success for the strategy that my noble friend has just outlined?