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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Anna Bawden Health and social affairs correspondent

NHS to rate English trusts on tackling violence and racism towards staff

Medical workers walking in a hospital corridor
For the first time, trusts’ progress on workforce wellbeing will directly affect their overall performance rating alongside waiting list and A&E metrics. Photograph: Lankowsky/Alamy

The NHS will rate trusts according to how well they tackle racism, violence and sexual misconduct towards staff, the government has announced.

From July, all NHS acute, ambulance and mental health trusts in England will be judged and ranked in published league tables on six main measures of wellbeing, affecting more than 1.5 million staff.

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