Embedding and empowering LGBTQ+ staff networks
Held in partnership with NHS Employers, the Health and Care LGBTQ+ Leaders Network and NHS England and NHS Improvement, this webinar highlighted good practice and experiences of LGBTQ+ networks operating in the NHS.
The session addressed the growing complex role of allies and the unique issues facing LGBTQ+ people across intersections of our community - including disability, faith and ethnicity.
The event was chaired by Dr Michael Brady FRCP, national advisor for LGBT Health, NHS England and NHS Improvement.
Speakers
- Inclusion at work - perspectives on LGBTQ+ working lives
Peter Molyneux - Chair, Health and Care LGBTQ+ Leaders Network, Chair of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, and member of the Mental Health Network board - The role and impact of LGBTQ+ networks within the NHS
Dr Anna Einarsdóttir - University of York - The complex role of allies, LGBTQ+ networks and intersectionality
Liz Ward - Director of Programmes, Stonewall - Case study - How can LGBTQ+ networks work together to be more influential?
Nick Groves - Convenor, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust LGBTQ+ Network - Case study - North Tees Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust LGBT Network
Stuart Harper-Reynolds - LGBTQ+ Network Chair, North Tees Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust - Q&A
Chaired by Paul Deemer, Head of Diversity and Inclusion, NHS Employers
Who attended
This event was is aimed at equality, diversity and inclusion leads, staff network chairs/co-chairs/leads, LGBTQ+ leaders and allies.
Watch the recording
The session was recorded and can be viewed below in two parts. Powerpoint slides can also be downloaded for some of the speaker sessions:
The role and impact of LGBTQ+ networks and intersectionality
Case study - How can LGBTQ+ networks work together to be more influential
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