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

NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’

St George’s flag
One NHS chief executive said his staff had felt intimidated, ‘and, if I’m honest, in many cases I think that’s what it was designed to feel like’. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

NHS staff who care for patients in their own homes fear some areas have become “no-go zones” for them because of the presence of St George’s flags, health leaders have said.

Black and Asian staff have been left feeling “deliberately intimidated” as a result of the flags that were put up in many parts of England during the summer, according to the chief executive of one NHS trust in England, who asked to remain anonymous.

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