Our ambition is to become a truly anti-racist organisation, where our work helps to eliminate racism, remove racialised inequalities and reduce racial prejudice or discrimination. For us, anti-racism is not just a box to check off, it’s an ongoing commitment to delivering health care in Birmingham that reduces health inequalities and supports BCHC’s commitment to becoming a great place to work.
Anti-racist Commitments
The Trust has agreed the following six anti-racism commitments:
- Recognise the impact of racism on our colleagues, patients and service users.
- Support colleagues who experience racism and when we encounter racism we will act.
- Ensure our colleagues understand anti-racism and how they contribute to this commitment.
- Take action so that we become representative of the communities we serve.
- Eradicate racism in our systems, processes, and the way we work.
- Promote equality of access, experience, and outcome in the way we deliver services.
The Trust will delivery the following four priorities in 2025:
- Priority 1: to deliver a Trust-wide anti-racism communications campaign throughout 2025 to improve awareness and increase allyship.
- Priority 2: to produce and disseminate a suite of in-house anti-racism resources and information available to staff to improve understanding and increase reporting of racist and discrimination incidents.
- Priority 3: to commission an external partner with anti-racism expertise to deliver a bespoke anti-racism leadership development programme for 800 senior leaders.
- Priority 4: to measure the impact of our priorities on people we care for and colleagues who provide care.
Professor David Sallah, Trust Chair