These days we hear increasingly regular (and baseless) assertions that migrant workers are in some way to blame for a range of problems, including the performance of the NHS. The truth is very different. This film was made by my former colleagues at NHS North West, as part of a resource documenting the history and contribution of migrant workers (especially Black and Minority Ethnic people) to the establishment and running of the NHS. The complete resource includes a mobile exhibition, a booklet documenting the history and this film. The whole package was launched to mark the 60th Anniversary of the NHS in 2008.
As the Chair of the Royal College of GPs, Professor Clare Gerada summed it up, you are far more likely to encounter a migrant worker treating you in the NHS than contributing to any queues to take advantage of it.
NHS North West Timeline Celebrating 60 Years of Contribution by Black and Minority Ethnic Staff from Plain Sense Ltd on Vimeo.
Celebrating our diversity and multi-ethnic contribution. The NHS at 60 years. (18m35s)
Film credit: The Equality team at NHS North West.
Courtesy of Christine Burns at Just Plain Sense
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