Evelyn Mensah - Friends call me Evie Royal College of Anaesthetists Dr Sekina Bakare Dr Sethina Watson Dr Desire Onwochei Dr Daniel Olaiya GMC AoMRC NHSE Workforce, Training and Education - NEY NHS England Even when they opt for LTFT, Black Women still face stigma for it. The stories I could tell you.

43 years ago today, we lost the legendary reggae singer, Nesta Robert Marley a.k.a Bob Marley.

It’s XXX Law when you’ve attended a webinar on Zero Tolerance then become a victim of antiBlack racist verbal abuse from a patient & no one knows what to do‼️🤷🏽‍♀️

Kudos to the Black Nurse who ⤵️

1️⃣ Checked I was ok
2️⃣ Verbally warned patient
2️⃣ Called security
3️⃣ Called police

Evelyn Mensah - Friends call me Evie NIHR Research UK Research and Innovation NHS Race & Health Observatory Medical Research Council Sadly I don't see much take up of these recommendations yet

Thank you to those of you who completed this survey on racism in ICM & anaesthesia. Your words & stories were distressing.

Imagine being told you smell of curry or ridiculed. Findings reported in Anaesthesia News

I hope this prompts reflection & discussion

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Evelyn Mensah - Friends call me Evie NIHR Research UK Research and Innovation NHS Race & Health Observatory Medical Research Council Evelyn Mensah - Friends call me Evie thank you. Confirms our 2022 BMJ paper which highlighted how racism plays out in every aspect of the health research pathway doi.org/10.1136/bmj-20…

A reminder - someone with sickle cell disease cannot be diagnosed with diabetes using glycated haemoglobin or HbA1c. 🧵

The ‘A’ in HbA1c denotes HbA and people with sickle cell disease don’t make HbA they only make HbS.

Now if you send an HbA1c sample to the lab anyway you…

An honour and privilege to deliver the #WilliamRathboneX annual lecture with The Queen's Nursing Institute from personal story telling - not sure how i got from the nurses silver buckle to #BLM to transatlantic slavery and old statues in #Liverpool and #Windrush not forgetting the famous tweet from…

Lovely Day at inaugural HPCC - Haematology Patient & Carer Congress!

Attended two great workshops⤵️

1️⃣ LGBTQ+ healthcare experiences & ethnic minority representation in trials by OUTpatients Charity

2️⃣ Sickle Cell Education Series led by Dr Rossby Awadzi & colleagues

#HPCC24

‼️Systemic Racism
‼️Research Funding

Allocation of research funding in UK is entrenched in #SystemicRacism .

All 3 funders favoured #CysticFibrosis from 2010-24, by awarding £67 & £74 million more than #SickleCellDisease & #Haemophilia respectively.

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Dr Rachel Clarke Natasha Devon 🌈💙

Michelle spoke at the #WRXAwards2024 who wants to support The Queen's Nursing Institute become an antracist organisation. Michelle is a proud Liverpool-Born Black

✊🏾Proud to stand in solidarity with the excellent ⁦Sangita Myska⁩. I’m a signatory to this letter demanding an answer from @lbc for removing Sangita without cause and/or explanation. I note the shameful silence of her ⁦LBC⁩ colleagues.

So proud to see BOPA represented at #HPCC24 The first truly inclusive haematology conference bringing together patients and carers BOPA Committee

Now the audience are asking the hard hitting questions- how are these ideas, the kindness, communication etc filtered down to improve patient outcomes, accountability around complaints and equity of access to all the different &/or rarer Haematology conditions? #HPCC24

We are absolutely thrilled that Royal College of Physicians have decided to endorse the #SASsix campaign, becoming the first Royal College to do so.

Improving the careers and retention of doctors in the NHS has never been more important. Together we can do this.

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Reinstate Sangita Myska to her Position at LBC - Sign the Petition! chng.it/z8HjGScp8r via Change.org Canada

Currently at inaugural #HPCC24 - Haematology Patient & Carer Congress, listening to Orlando Agrippa. It's all about creating a space for patients & carers to share experiences, exchange knowledge & learn from each other. It's brilliant to see some of my sickle cell patients here