Race Equality breakout session, as part of NHS Providers' Annual Conference and Exhibition (ACE), held on 15 November 2022. 

“Racism is not for Black people to solve. It’s for white people to solve...ask yourself how have I diminished the structure of racism in my work today, and if you do not know then you’ve probably reaffirmed it.”

Scott Durairaj, director of integrated care, inequalities and improvement, Care Quality Commission     

This breakout session covered:

• the role of the regulators, Integrated Care Boards and Systems, and trusts in embedding race equality across all levels
• the need for personal accountability.

Chair: Dalwardin Babu OBE, chair of the Seacole Group & non-executive director, Camden and Islington Mental Health Trust

Panellists:

Scott Durairaj, director of integrated care, inequalities and improvement, Care Quality Commission (CQC)

Janet Gray, head of General Medical Council (GMC) Northern England

Professor Anton Emmanuel, head of Workforce Race Equality Standard, NHS England

Professor Ebrahim Adia, deputy chair, Lancashire, and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS)

Steve Erskine, chair of Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust