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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rachel Hall and agency

Racism is ‘stain’ on NHS for staff and patients, says psychiatry chief

An NHS worker walks down a corridor at a hospital
The head of the RCP cited pay gaps and a ‘glass ceiling’ as problems in the NHS linked to racism. Photograph: Jeff Moore/PA Media

Racism is “a stain on the NHS” and tackling it is key to recruiting and retaining staff, the outgoing president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) will warn.

The health service has a moral, ethical and legal duty to do more to stamp out racism, Dr Adrian James is expected to say at the college’s international congress in Liverpool.

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