Episode 4: Health Inequalities, BME & EDI Challenges: An Open and Honest conversation with Dr Habib Naqvi MBE
Join us for a special episode with Dr Habib Naqvi MBE, Director of the NHS Race and Health Observatory.
In this episode we hear an open and transparent discussion on Health Inequalities, BME & EDI Challenge within Healthcare and Society.
Dr Habib Naqvi is the Director for the NHS Race and Health Observatory, and has a background in public health, health psychology, healthcare policy and strategy development. His passion for the health sector stemmed from his father who was a Pharmacist. Dr Naqvi undertook his BSc in Psychology, topping it up with an MSc in health psychology and went to complete a PhD in Predictive gene testing.
Between 2013 and 2020, Dr Naqvi worked at NHS England where he led on a national EDI policy and strategy for the NHS. He oversaw the development and implementation of programmes such the Equality Delivery System (EDS), and the NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES).
Before joining NHS England, Dr Naqvi led the national equality and diversity policy at the Department of Health and Social Care, including leading on the health sector’s response to the UK government’s review of the Public Sector Equality Duty.
Dr Naqvi is a Trustee for the Mary Seacole Trust. As well as being a reverse mentor to the NHS Chief Executive, Sir Simon Stevens.
His list of accolades are many with him being listed in the Health Service Journal’s 80 most influential people in health 2020/21 and awarded an MBE in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to equality and diversity in the NHS.
Listen in as Dr Naqvi discusses the lack of BME senior leaders in the NHS and the structural inequalities in society. Hear how Covid has restructured the way BME, health inequalities and disparities are being challenged from the creation of the NHS Race and Health Observatory to the PHE report on BME deaths during Covid. The deep-rooted issues that have resulted in lack of trust in BME communities and the challenges faced in society are known but how can these be overcome? These are all topics covered in this episode as well as advice for universities on how to develop their curriculums, tips for the future cohort of health care professionals and advice for those wanting to support and join the journey in overcoming these issues and understanding what privilege and allyship mean.
If you would like to learn more or are interested in any of the topics covered in this episode or about the work that the NHS Race and Health Observatory are doing, then you are welcome to get in contact with Dr Naqvi and he has kindly shared his contact details (please find below).
Guest speaker
o Dr Habib Naqvi MBE
o Director of the NHS Race and Health Observatory.
o Twitter @DrHNaqvi
o Email Habib.Naqvi@nhsconfed.org
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