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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Duty of all NHS staff in England to fight discrimination, review says

Sajid Javid outside hospital
Sajid Javid, who commissioned the report, says that he wanted to see the number of dedicated diversity teams fall. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

All the NHS’s 1.5m staff in England should tackle discrimination against disadvantaged groups, not just bosses and specialist diversity teams, a major review has concluded.

NHS trusts will need fewer equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) teams if action against discrimination does become “the responsibility of all”, according to the report.

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