Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to promote the collective voice of ethnic minority senior nurses.

The NHS Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion improvement plan, published on 8 June 2023, states that National Health Service leaders must demonstrate their commitment to creating a fair environment for their staff.

The Chief Nursing Officer for England has also formed an Ethnic Minorities Advisory Collaborative to advise on inclusive policies and support the retention and development of senior colleagues from ethnic minority backgrounds. This is formed of three independent groups which together work to promote diversity at senior levels: the Global Majority Chief Nurses’ Group, which acts as a senior ethnic minority staff advisory group to the Chief Nursing Officer; the black and minority ethnic strategic advisory group; and the Jabali Men’s Network, which aims to support the retention and development of men from African, Caribbean, and Asian backgrounds at Band 8C and above.