Category: Equality & Diversity

Promoting NHS Lothian's diversity and inclusion, not just in how we meet and care for our patients, but also in how we meet and care for each other, is fundamental to our values.

April 1, 2022

What NHS Lothian has done and continues to do to communicate with diverse minority ethnic groups and other marginalised groups, particularly as this reached a new level of importance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

October 29, 2021

As Black History Month draws to a close, we look upon how to continue to promote and cherish diversity in our organisation. Rakiya Suleiman, Equality and Diversity Adviser and co-chair of the BME Network, has written the following piece about the corporate objective set by NHS Lothian last year called Advancing Equality.

October 27, 2021

Christine Maitland-Francis is an Operating Department Practitioner in Day Surgery at the Royal Infirmary.  She is also a co-chair of the NHS Lothian BME Staff Network, co-chair of the NHS Lothian historical links with Transatlantic Slave Trade Advisory Group and a Unison Steward.

October 20, 2021

We are now halfway through Black History Month, which is held throughout October. Black History Month is an opportunity to celebrate the continued achievements and contributions of Black people in our country and organisation.

October 19, 2021

A joint statement from NHS Lothian and Edinburgh and Lothians Health Foundation.

August 30, 2021

Edinburgh and Lothians Health Foundation in partnership with NHS Lothian's Equalities Network has recently released the first in a series of creative engagements to celebrate the contribution of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) staff during COVID-19.

July 5, 2021