NHS staff urged to “accompany vulnerable colleagues” to work amid riots

NHS employers must “urgently support migrant and ethnic minority staff” as far right riots and racist violence continue to take place across the UK, health leaders have said.Protests and riots by anti-immigration groups have taken place in England and Northern Ireland in the past week, with mosques and hotels housing asylum seekers among the targets of violence. The civil unrest seems to have been sparked by misinformation and disinformation spread on social media after the murder of three young girls in Southport.1In one incident, rioters threw rocks at Filipino nurses who were on their way to work in Sunderland, after being called in as emergency cover.2 Across Teesside, general practices and hospitals made the decision to postpone appointments to safeguard their staff and patients.3Kamila Hawthorne, chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, said, “We have been shocked and appalled by the civil unrest, criminality, and racist attacks we have…
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