Staff at an NHS trust are dealing with an “increasing amount of racial discrimination”, according to one hospital boss.
More than 13% of staff working at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation (NCIC) are from an ethnic minority background – with 72 countries represented – but some employees have been subject to “aggression or sometimes even physical violence”.
Acting Chief Executive Trudie Davies said it was “very sad and upsetting” to learn hospital staff had experienced racism while at work and in the community, adding they “deserve to be treated with respect and kindness”.
“At NCIC we will not tolerate racism, violence or aggression of any sort,” she said.