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NHS nurse tells GB News that DEI initiatives 'create division' and 'erode trust' among staff
Jul 3, 2025
GB News host Martin Daubney has applauded NHS Nurse Julia Taylor for speaking "common sense", as she hit out at the health service's spending on diversity initiatives.In an exclusive investigation by the People's Channel, GB News found that 20 NHS trusts are now spending more than £3,000,000 on diversity, equality and inclusivity initiatives.FULL STORY HERE.
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Exactly, exactly the same
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Imagine how many nurses we could have for that money. That's the thing
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I'd like to, if you don't mind, talk about why I think diversity and inclusion initiatives as currently implemented
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might be wrong for the NHS. First, the NHS is stretched really thin, as we all know
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with those over 7.5 million patients on waiting lists, 7.5 million, and chronic staff shortages
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I think spending millions on diversity personnel and mandatory training diverts precious resources from frontline care. Nurses, doctors and equipment need priority
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Second, prioritising demographic quotas over merit risks undermining patient safety. Hiring or promoting based on identity rather than qualifications
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can erode trust and competence in a system where lives are just at stake you know Third these initiatives can create division When staff feel opportunities are tied to characteristics rather than performance morale suffers This disrupts teamwork which is critical to healthcare
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Fourth, DEI programmes often lack evidence linking them to better patient outcomes
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Studies like the one in The Lancet in 2019 show no clear connection between diversity training and improved care
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And finally, and I'll shut up then, excessive focus on DEI can foster resentment because staff perceive favouritism
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rather than workplace cohesion. You get atmospheres. And the NHS must focus on excellence and patient outcomes
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not bureaucratic mandates. Let's invest in care, not ideology. Surely that's common sense, Martin
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Oh my God where have you been all my life That was just absolutely fantastic That exactly what people want to hear I think people are crying out for people like you to speak common sense
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I mean, if we have more people like you speaking truth to power, we might have half a chance
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Julia, a thank you for just crystallising what I think many, many people watching this channel think is the common sense approach
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But I'm assuming if you say what you've just said, does it get you in a bit of hot water
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probably probably but i'm in the free speech union so i've got a bit of backing behind me
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but everything i've said is true it's fact so i mean i'm saying this but it's fact we need to
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start employing people on merit it doesn't i mean i hit two of the protected characteristics you know
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i'm actually gay and i'm registered disabled but i didn't get my job because of that i never put it
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down on the phone, because I don't think that's fair. When you protect somebody characteristics anybody that isn in that protected characteristics list is left out And working in the NHS you feel resentment And you think did they get the job because they transitioned
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Did she get the job because she's gay? What about her there sitting in a wheelchair
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Did she get that because she's disabled? Is that why? You know what I mean
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It's not right. What happened to just having staff that are non-judgmental
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Because at the end of the day, I'm sure anybody that wants to be looked after by me
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and I would do it really well, like I do with all of my patients, wouldn't give a monkey's chuff if I was gay like I am or disabled
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They don't care. They just want to be looked after. It's common sense
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I'll tell you what, Judy, you've just shot right into the top 10
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of my favourite ever guests on this entire channel. I seriously, seriously mean it
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It's just wonderful to hear such a breath of fresh air. Because I think a lot of us, you know, kind of looking in from the outside
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think that the NHS is now so consumed by wokery and by this DEI nonsense
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