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Over 200 hospitals launch dedicated LGBT+ schemes
The NHS has confirmed that more than 200 hospitals are launching dedicated schemes that support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) communities.
Making the announcement ahead of London Pride, which took place on 6 July, NHS England reports that as many as 150,000 doctors, nurses, cleaners, surgeons, midwives and other health service staff are taking up a new Rainbow Badge initiative which gives staff the opportunity to show their support for LGBT+ patients and staff.
The badge is being adopted in around one in three of England’s acute trusts. Guy’s and St Thomas’, which includes Evelina London, was the first Trust in England to introduce the scheme to its staff.
The programme will deliver practical toolkits to hospitals, developed by Evelina London, which will help staff to support LGBT+ people to access the right services, following recent news that around 50,000 LGB women had never been for cervical screening due to misleading information, often found online.
Simon Stevens, NHS England chief executive, said: “The NHS at its best is the real world expression of equality and inclusion. Whoever you are and whoever you love: a health service there when you need it. And as probably the biggest employer of LGBT+ people in Europe: an NHS that welcomes to our team all who bring dedication and skill and compassion.
“I know that – for these reasons and more – our NHS banners, flags and t-shirts have been front and centre among Pride marchers over the last couple of years, and I’m sure that’ll rightly be the case again this weekend.”
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