Mr Scarborough said he clashed with colleagues last year. Asked to share his insight about being a mixed-race man in Britain, he said his experience had been positive and the country had made much progress in tackling racism.
He added: 'But I was called racist ... I don't feel like I can discuss these things at work any more.'
Not if you're going to prove them wrong, you won't!
He said unconscious-bias training was little more than a way 'to shame white people', adding: 'We work for the people of this country and the money we receive comes from them. I feel a responsibility to not waste money on something that is not going to make a difference to clinical outcomes.'
Are we talking about a large sum?
He decided to speak out when HEE, which gets £4billion of taxpayer cash each year to support NHS training and skills development, invited staff to a virtual 'white privilege' course to address 'unconscious bias' and 'white fragility'. The four-and-a-half-hour event costs £141 a head.
'There's constantly this dialogue on diversity and inclusion over anything else,' said Mr Scarborough, whose grandfather was from Somalia.
Good grief!
HEE said it was 'a diverse, people-focused, inclusive organisation' that offered optional 'opportunities to all to further awareness... of aspects of diversity and inclusion'.
Not what I imagine the man on the street would say were 'vital skills for NHS staff'. Any customer skills training on the books?
Thought not.
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As has become the norm, the sainted NHS is pissing our money against the wall - give them more!
No point having 'customer skills', the NHS doesn't have customers, you're named a 'patient' because that's what you've got to be, as you wait in vain for any sort of service from the clapped-out clowns of obese Tik-Tok land.
"As has become the norm, the sainted NHS is pissing our money against the wall - give them more!"
The waste is appalling. And only getting worse.
"...you're named a 'patient' because that's what you've got to be, as you wait in vain for any sort of service..."
Sadly true. Been waiting for a dementia assessment for my mother since June 28th...
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