Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what unconscious bias training his Department offers to healthcare professionals.

There are elements of the Equality, Diversity and Human Rights Level 1 session, which deal with the concept of unconscious bias. This session is part of the e-Learning for Healthcare Statutory and Mandatory Training Programme and is aimed at all staff, including unpaid and voluntary staff.

Individual National Health Service organisations have responsibility for training their own staff and will provide further relevant training where appropriate.