{"id":135843,"date":"2025-10-21T10:36:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T10:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/135843\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T10:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T10:36:10","slug":"cumbria-health-workers-face-increasing-levels-of-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/135843\/","title":{"rendered":"Cumbria health workers face increasing levels of racism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jonny ManningNorth East and Cumbria<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760612410_555_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hagXkB hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/381aaa50-dc9a-11ee-bff9-3348ac7d2e4e.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Google Entrance to Cumberland Infirmary. The three-storey, red-brick facade is dominated by rows of windows on each floor, and a large plate-glass entrance in the middle. A Union Flag has been raised on a pole on a small grassy area outside the building; cars are parked in the entrance area.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 bGQwLJ\"\/>Google<\/p>\n<p>North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation employs staff from 72 different countries<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Staff at an NHS trust are dealing with an &#8220;increasing amount of racial discrimination&#8221;, according to one hospital boss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">More than 13% of staff working at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation (NCIC) are from an ethnic minority background &#8211; with 72 countries represented &#8211; but some employees have been subject to &#8220;aggression or sometimes even physical violence&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Acting Chief Executive Trudie Davies said it was &#8220;very sad and upsetting&#8221; to learn hospital staff had experienced racism while at work and in the community, adding they &#8220;deserve to be treated with respect and kindness&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;At NCIC we will not tolerate racism, violence or aggression of any sort,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;We are encouraging colleagues to report verbal and physical aggression, and we will do everything we can to support them where they experience it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">The trust has created a series of posters featuring close-up images of local staff to remind people to treat health care professionals with kindness and respect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Ms Davies said the Human campaign posters were intended to demonstrate how every member of staff has their own personal lives, responsibilities and vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760612410_555_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hagXkB hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/5db23570-adc8-11f0-9704-87425431ad41.png.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Trudie Davies. She has shoulder-length blond hair and brown eyes. She is smiling at the camera.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 bGQwLJ\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Trudie Davies said racial discrimination can impact the health of staff<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;When our staff face aggression, or sometimes even physical violence, it can have a serious impact on their shift, their day, their wellbeing and, ultimately, their ability to provide high-quality care,&#8221; said Ms Davies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;This can sometimes result in instances where staff are then absent from work and have a much longer-term impact on their health. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;NHS staff are here to help you, and they deserve to be treated with respect and kindness.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jonny ManningNorth East and Cumbria Google North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation employs staff from 72 different countries&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[275],"tags":[18,135,475,474,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-135843","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-health-care","11":"tag-healthcare","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}