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.
As has become the norm, the sainted NHS is pissing our money against the wall - give them more!
ReplyDeleteNo 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.
ReplyDelete"As has become the norm, the sainted NHS is pissing our money against the wall - give them more!"
ReplyDeleteThe 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...