NHS to curb political symbols on uniforms after antisemitism report

Antisemitism is so rife in the NHS that it threatens its basis as a universal service, according to the report. Photograph: PA Images/Alamy

The NHS is taking action to tackle antisemitism after a government-ordered report found that Jewish patients and staff face “routine ostracism” in the service.

Anti-Jewish hatred in the NHS means some patients hide their identity and staff “suffer in silence”, a review by Lord Mann, the government’s adviser on antisemitism, has found.