Overview
- NHS trust leaders report Black and Asian staff feel deliberately intimidated in areas with widespread St George’s flags, especially during lone home visits.
- An NHS Providers survey found 45% of senior managers extremely concerned and 33% moderately concerned about discrimination from patients and the public.
- Leaders cited incidents including a staff member being filmed, followed and abused for days after asking people putting up flags to move so she could park.
- The Department of Health and Social Care condemned intimidation and urged that threats or aggression toward staff or their families be reported to police.
- The Royal College of Nursing linked rising racism to anti‑migrant rhetoric and warned community workers feel vulnerable, as NHS Providers also warned a five‑day junior doctors’ strike starting Friday could set back recovery.