Beyond the conversation: tackling racism in the NHS
After the NHS Confederation Expo, we were moved by the discussions and lived experiences about racism and discrimination in the NHS… we felt compelled to act!
It’s one thing to uncover the problem, but the real challenge is finding effective ways to tackle these issues within the NHS. What’s clear is although undoubtedly many people are doing great work to try to change this statistic – nothing has worked well enough to stop racism, discrimination and other problematic behaviours like bullying and harassment so far.
In this one-hour webinar, Our CEO Gemma is joined by Culture Shift partner UCL’s Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Aloma Onyemah. Through this role and her previous one as Head of EDI at LLR NHS Integrated Care System, Gemma and Aloma are sharing insights, data and innovative actions to tackle these problems head-on with their decades of experience.
We want to support you as NHS people leaders to move beyond the conversation and support you to find actionable solutions short term, to assist the long-term goal of preventing these behaviours and issues for decades to come, and to support the mission of making the NHS the best employer and they’ll be sharing thoughts and advice from their many years of experience in improving culture and preventing harassment of all kinds.
What we're reading
Latest insights from the front lines of workplace culture.
The Junior-Senior Speak-Up Divide: What the Data Reveals About Hierarchy and Silence
Speaking up about workplace misconduct shouldn’t depend on where someone sits in the organisational chart. But as shown in The Culture Shifters Annual Report 26/27, it does. Junior employees are twice as likely as senior leaders to believe that speaking up is "pointless," with 54% holding this view compared to just 27% of senior leaders.
Why Collecting Misconduct Data Isn't Enough to Meet the New All Reasonable Steps Duty
Our co-founder and CEO, Gemma McCall, has written a piece for The HR Director exploring one of the most persistent gaps in workplace misconduct management: the space between collecting data and actually using it.
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The NDA Ban Under the Employment Rights Act: What It Means for HR
When you can no longer buy silence, you have to invest in safety. That's the shift HR teams now need to plan for. Some organisations have historically leaned on settlement agreements and non-disclosure agreements to resolve harassment complaints quietly, keeping the details contained and the reputational risk low. The Employment Rights Act 2025 closes that option down. Once the NDA ban comes into force, a culture of silence stops being something the law will let you enforce.
Feeling inspired?
Take the first step toward preventative misconduct management with a demo of our Report + Support™ platform. We can show you how to breakdown reporting barriers with anonymous 2-way messaging, and how to act before things escalate with name-matching and pattern-spotting across our analytics dashboard.
