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Racist abuse in the NHS: ignoring it doesn’t make it go away
When black or minority ethnic nurses are insulted and degraded by patients, managers prefer us not to make a fuss – but why should we suffer in silence?
Michael Baptiste
Posted 10 May 2022 - 01:00
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