Overview
- The Campaign Against Antisemitism released a documentary on Monday titled “Malignant” that assembles testimony from Jewish patients and staff and publishes polling from November 2025 of 4,490 respondents.
- The film highlights specific allegations including a Cambridge nurse’s claim a colleague made a Nazi salute, a Sheffield patient’s allegation that a surgeon made antisemitic remarks during a procedure, and a GP’s past role leading the UK branch of Hizb ut-Tahrir.
- A government-commissioned review by Lord John Mann published in June found routine ostracism and persistent antisemitism in the NHS and recommended 36 actions such as mandatory antisemitism training for trust leaders and clearer national rules on political symbols.
- Regulators and bodies are under pressure: the General Medical Council has logged hundreds of antisemitism complaints since October 2023, NHS England and ministers say they accept Mann’s recommendations, and some medical groups including the BMA have pushed back on parts of the changes.
- The documentary’s polling found large shares of British Jews fear unequal treatment and that many conceal their Jewish identity or delay care, a pattern campaigners warn could undermine access to health services if allegations are not enforced and investigated transparently.