For this podcast we asked our expert panel about their experiences of leadership as BAME individuals. What is it like to reach these positions as a BAME person and how can we make sure we are welcoming more people from different backgrounds into these positions?

Interviewer: Marie Gabriel CBE, Chair, North East London NHS Foundation Trust

The panel:

• Wayne Farah, Vice Chair Newham CCG. 
• Yvonne Coghill CBE, Director, Workplace Race Equality Standard. 
• Lorraine Sunduza, Chief Nurse, East London NHS Foundation Trust .
• Gilly Lee, Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Professional Lead Active Case Management, Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership. 
• Ifti Majid, Chief Executive, Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. 
• Florence B Acquah, Adult Safeguarding Lead Nurse, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust.

BAME leadership in the mental health sector: episode 1

For this podcast we asked our expert panel about their experiences of leadership as BAME individuals. What is it like to reach these positions as a BAME person and how can we make sure we are welcoming more people from different backgrounds into these positions?

Interviewer: Marie Gabriel CBE, Chair, North East London NHS Foundation Trust

The panel:

• Wayne Farah, Vice Chair Newham CCG 
• Yvonne Coghill CBE, Director, Workplace Race Equality Standard 
• Lorraine Sunduza, Chief Nurse, East London NHS Foundation Trust 
• Gilly Lee, Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Professional Lead Active Case Management, Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership 
• Ifti Majid, Chief Executive, Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 
• Florence B Acquah, Adult Safeguarding Lead Nurse, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

BAME leadership in the mental health sector: episode 2

Mental Health Network chief executive Sean Duggan recently sat down with the Network's newly elected chair Paul Jenkins OBE. Paul talked about the role of the statutory and third sectors in providing mental health services, his career in the sector so far and his vision for the future of the MHN.

In conversation: Sean Duggan with Paul Jenkins OBE

Recorded in February, this two-part podcast hears from Sally Scales, Head of Executive Search, NHS Leadership Academy as she interviews Nick Carver, Chief Executive, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust and Chair, Midlands and East Regional Talent Board; Tracie Jolliff, National Director of Inclusion, NHS Leadership Academy and Joan Saddler OBE, Associate Director of Patients and Communities, NHS Confederation and Co-Chair, NHS Equality and Diversity Council. The panel discuss targets and quotas, as included in the NHS Long Term Plan, and offer their thoughts on what happens beyond bringing a diverse range of employees through the door; how can the NHS make sure it is not only attracting people from different backgrounds but also provide them the opportunity to thrive within its cultures?

A transcript for this podcast is available here: http://bit.ly/2DC7iVa

Equality Diversity and Inclusion in the NHS: where are we now?

Recorded in February, this second episode of a two-part podcast hears from Sally Scales, Head of Executive Search, NHS Leadership Academy as she interviews Nick Carver, Chief Executive, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust and Chair, Midlands and East Regional Talent Board; Tracie Jolliff, National Director of Inclusion, NHS Leadership Academy and Joan Saddler OBE, Associate Director of Patients and Communities, NHS Confederation and Co-Chair, NHS Equality and Diversity Council. The panel discuss targets and quotas, as included in the NHS Long Term Plan, and offer their thoughts on what happens beyond bringing a diverse range of employees through the door; how can the NHS make sure it is not only attracting people from different backgrounds but also provide them the opportunity to thrive within its cultures?

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the NHS: where are we now? Part 2

Recorded in September, this first episode hears from Peter Molyneux, Chair of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as he Adam Doyle, Accountable Officer and Chief Executive, Sussex and East Surrey Clinical Commissioning Groups, Anna Einarsdottir, Senior Lecturer, York University and Tara Hewitt, Group Equality & Inclusion Programme Manager at Northern Care Alliance NHS Group. 

Our panel discusses their experiences of being openly LGBTQ+ throughout their careers, how visibility has changed during this time, their advice for those at their start of their career looking to practice as visibly LGBTQ+ and their hopes for the future of the healthcare workforce.

LGBTQ+ visibility in the healthcare workforce - part 1

Recorded in September, this second episode hears from Peter Molyneux, Chair of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as he leads the conversation with Simon Blake OBE, Chief Executive, Mental Health First Aid England, Alfredo Thompson, Workforce Programmes Director, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust and Carolyn Regan, Chief Executive, West London NHS Trust

Our panel discusses how leaders can ensure their LGBTQ+ staff thrive at work, from the simple act of offering a range of pronouns on induction material and payroll databases to bringing LGBTQ+ staff groups to board meetings. They also share their advice for those mid-career and looking to move up as well as their hopes for the future of the LGBTQ+ workforce.

LGBTQ+ visibility in the healthcare workforce - part 2

NHS Reset is a new NHS Confederation campaign to contribute to the public debate on what the health and care system should look like post-COVID19.

In this interview, Ken Taylor, Service User Representative of the Mental Health Network Board talks to Dr Julie Hankin, Chair of the Mental Health Medical Directors’ Forum about her vision for the future of mental health provision.

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