Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on healthcare of the appointment of a Director of Equality and Inclusion at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

To ensure the best patient outcomes and experience for staff, it is important that employers foster a culture of belonging in the National Health Service and tackle the discrimination that some staff face.

Senior and executive leaders must be accountable for developing and delivering plans to eliminate inequality in their organisations. NHS organisations are best placed to determine how they address those challenges, including who they employ to support them in doing so.