Unions draw up blueprint to enable NHS to return to more normal

Steps to safeguard the health of the many Black and Minority Ethnic staff in the NHS are central to a “Blueprint for return” drawn up by 17 NHS unions last month, setting out an agreed joint series of demands to ensure a safe and secure return to more normal working in the NHS.

The focus is on safety of staff and patients, and ensuring that the NHS is properly resourced to meet the current and future demands placed on it. The Blueprint lists nine demands as the basis for negotiations with every NHS trust and employer.

Full story in The Lowdown, 23 June 2020