{"id":205152,"date":"2025-10-16T22:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T22:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/205152\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T22:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T22:26:10","slug":"starmer-orders-mandatory-antisemitism-training-for-nhs-staff-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/205152\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer orders mandatory antisemitism training for NHS staff | UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The prime minister has ordered a review of antisemitism in the NHS, saying there are too many cases &#8220;simply not being dealt with&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The review is part of a wider crackdown on antisemitism in the UK, which will also see all 1.5m NHS staff undergo mandatory updated antisemitism and anti-racism training.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, NHS England will review guidance on staff uniforms to &#8220;protect freedom of religious expression while ensuring patients feel respected at all times&#8221;, the Department of Health and Social Care said.<\/p>\n<p>NHS England and other healthcare bodies will also be asked to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance&#8217;s definition of antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/keir-starmer-6820\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sir Keir<\/a> also announced a \u00a310 million boost for security at sites including synagogues and Jewish schools, sharing the news during a visit to the Community Security Trust (CST), which provides protection for Jewish communities in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have heard loud and clear in the last few days and weeks that words are not enough, action is what matters,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\n        Streeting will hope these measures help achieve his vision\n      <\/p>\n<p class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-text\">Wes Streeting was furious when Dr Rahmeh Aladwan was cleared by an interim orders tribunal last September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-text\">The British-Palestinian doctor was referred to the medical tribunal following a series of social media posts, including one that said Israel was &#8220;humiliated&#8221; by the October 7 attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-text\">The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) rejected the complaints against Dr Aladwan and said it believed her views did not present a real risk to patients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-text\">It did not impose interim restrictions against the doctor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-text\">The General Medical Council (GMC) has now re-referred Dr Aladwan for another interim orders tribunal while it continues its investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-text\">This is normally done when it believes there is an immediate risk to public protection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-text\">It is Dr Aladwan&#8217;s case that prompted the Health Secretary to demand changes to the law to make it easier to suspend doctors accused of misconduct from practising while they are under investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-text\">Mr Streeting will hope these new measures introduced today will go some way towards his vision of a &#8220;universal health system that everyone should feel safe approaching if they need care, regardless of race, creed or religion&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-text\">Dr Aladwan&#8217;s next tribunal hearing is scheduled for 23 October. <\/p>\n<p>The NHS review &#8211; led by John Mann, the government&#8217;s independent adviser on antisemitism &#8211; is expected to focus on how healthcare regulators tackle antisemitism and other forms of racism.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Gilbert, vice-president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, has welcomed the review, saying Jewish staff and patients had felt &#8220;let down by the NHS while antisemitism has been allowed to flourish and thrive&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sdc-site-video__accessibility-message\" data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/skynews-starmer-manchester_7040154.jpg\" alt=\"\"  aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster-img excluded-image\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-poster\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                1:27<\/p>\n<p>              The PM last week said: &#8216;We must defeat antisemitism&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Sir Keir also said some universities have been &#8220;too slow&#8221; in dealing with cases of antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>He singled out the University of Oxford, which is understood to have suspended a student on Wednesday after he was arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/all-gp-surgeries-in-england-must-offer-online-booking-from-today-13442001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Major change to GP appointment bookings<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/nhs-publishes-league-tables-of-trusts-for-first-time-check-where-yours-ranks-13427136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NHS publishes hospital league tables<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The student is alleged to have chanted for Gaza to &#8220;put the Zios in the ground&#8221; at a protest in London on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was a slow reaction to the clearest of cases,&#8221; the PM said.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s announcement comes in the wake of <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/what-we-know-about-the-synagogue-attack-in-manchester-13442721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a terrorist attack<\/a> at a Manchester synagogue that left two men dead, and after <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/hate-crime-rises-in-england-and-wales-with-religiously-motivated-offences-at-record-level-13447459\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">new Home Office figures<\/a> suggested antisemitic hate crime remains near record levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The prime minister has ordered a review of antisemitism in the NHS, saying there are too many cases&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-205152","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}