It was on Breakfast TV........
Professor Mike Holmes, a GP in York, also appeared on the BBC Breakfast segment and claimed he has seen an increase in abuse towards staff at his surgery.
Acknowledging that support from the public on the whole has been 'amazing', he admitted: 'We have had a handful of incidents with one of our practice nurses where patients have refused to see her, asked to see other staff or thought she was increasing their risk of infection because of a perception around her heritage.'
Explaining that the nurse is British-born but her family come from Hong Kong, he went on: 'She felt really upset by this, then came to us for support. We were absolutely happy to stand beside her and support her.'
Dr Holmes said he is keen for patients to work with them to counter this sort of behaviour.
'We understand at unprecedented times like this, people are worried. But I think we feel that even with that level of worry, that's no excuse for discrimination,' he said.
'We feel NHS workers should not be discriminated against on any basis, whether that be race, gender, age, class.
'What we want to do is work with out patients to call for respect for diversity in the NHS and society and to raise the awareness that this happens, reflect on this and ask people to call it out to reduce the number of times it happens.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/...s-shoplifter-threatened-spit-coronavirus.html
An even better link
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/18...ealthcare-staff-face-discrimination-pandemic/
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