We’re hosting an event today in London to bring together those involved in our work to improve maternity and neonatal care, specifically the 10 NHS trusts involved in our Learning Action Network, celebrating success and sharing learning – with more to come on this soon.

This cervical cancer prevention week, Leona Letts, our Senior Policy Officer, spotlights the need for urgent action to address the unacceptable inequities faced by ethnic minority women in gynaecological health.

Read more about the issues and what's being done: nhsrho.org/blogs/this-c... #NHS

Thank you to everyone who has responded so far to our call for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic NHS staff to join our confidential online focus groups on pay, progression and career opportunities.

As part of a project we're funding, the Healthcare Education to Address Racialised Inequalities (HEARI) team is looking for examples of interventions within healthcare education to combat inequities/racism in the NHS.

Share your examples here: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/canterbury...

Thank you to everyone who attended our 2025 Fair Futures Roadshows across the country, bringing staff and stakeholders together to explore evidence-based, practical solutions to tackle the ethnicity pay and progression gap in the NHS.

Catch highlights from our Midlands roadshow in Birmingham 👇

We’re delighted to announce a landmark exchange partnership between the NHS Race & Health Observatory and SUS‑SUAS Sem Racismo (Health Without Racism) in Brazil to tackle racial inequalities in healthcare.

The Observatory is recruiting to posts for an Implementation Manager, Implementation Project Manager and Implementation Team Officer.

We welcome applications from talented individuals interested in catalysing action to tackle racial inequalities in health.

Apply now: nhsrho.org/about-us/wor...

On International Migrants Day, we celebrate the invaluable contributions of migrants who have shaped and sustained the NHS.

Every day, thousands of professionals bring compassion, expertise, and dedication from across the globe to deliver care.

We’re inviting Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic NHS staff to join confidential online focus groups about pay, progression, and career opportunities.

This piece of research with @uniofsurrey.bsky.social will explore experiences and identify ways to create fairer career pathways.

Dr Ngozi Kalu, our assistant Director of Research and Evidence, has been featured through an in-depth Q&A interview in The Pharmaceutical Journal.

Ngozi discusses our impact, projects (past and present), and her professional background.

💭 Full article: pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/opin...

NHS teams are continually working to improve services, but quality improvement without an equity lens can widen ethnic inequities.

We have worked with @ihi.org to develop the Anti-Racism Model for Improvement QI approach, integrating our 7 anti-racism principles: nhsrho.org/resources/mf...

This week RHO's Owen Chinembiri presented the EDI award at the CAHPO Awards. The award, which we sponsor, recognises the achievements of allied health professionals in the field of EDI.

Congrats to Zoe Oram, AHP Education Lead at @uhsft.bsky.social, as well as all of the other award winners!

We are piloting a new small grants programme for grassroots organisations tackling #racism and health inequality, and we are looking for a partner to work with us on the design and delivery.

ℹ️ Drop-in session: 1–2PM on 15 December

🗓️ Deadline: 9 January

Learn more: nhsrho.org/news/invitat... #NHS

Last week we held a roundtable with @hssib.bsky.social to discuss how we can reduce racial bias and discrimination in patient safety investigations.

Insights will feed into a joint policy briefing as well as guidance to ensure that investigations are fairer and better support improvements for all.

Today Dr Nandi Simpson, our director of implementation, gave evidence in Parliament to the Women and Equalities Committee inquiry into progress on reproductive health.

This follows a report last year which found that women frequently had their symptoms “normalised” and their pain “dismissed” 🧵 1/2

Bullying, harassment and abuse continue to have a deeply damaging impact on staff wellbeing and contribute to a culture of fear.

People from minoritised ethnic backgrounds are disproportionately affected and there is a clear business and legal case for addressing this. 🧵1/2