{"id":29961,"date":"2024-10-03T15:24:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T14:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/?p=29961"},"modified":"2024-10-03T15:24:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T14:24:38","slug":"black-history-month-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/2024\/10\/03\/black-history-month-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As we celebrate Black History Month, it\u2019s important to acknowledge the significant contributions of Black healthcare professionals to the NHS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite facing challenges like discrimination and underrepresentation, Black healthcare workers have persisted, breaking barriers, setting new standards for excellence and have paved the way for a more inclusive healthcare system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This month let&#8217;s celebrate their achievements and also commit to building a more equitable future within the NHS. Diversity strengthens healthcare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PXL_20241003_115840804.jpg?resize=576%2C1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PXL_20241003_115840804-scaled.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PXL_20241003_115840804-scaled.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PXL_20241003_115840804-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PXL_20241003_115840804-scaled.jpg?resize=864%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PXL_20241003_115840804-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PXL_20241003_115840804-scaled.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 85vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we celebrate Black History Month, it\u2019s important to acknowledge the significant contributions of Black healthcare professionals to the NHS. Despite facing challenges like discrimination and underrepresentation, Black healthcare workers have persisted, breaking barriers, setting new standards for excellence and have paved the way for a more inclusive healthcare system. This month let&#8217;s celebrate their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/2024\/10\/03\/black-history-month-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Black History Month&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,81,82,84,6857,130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","category-equality-diversity","category-equity-excellence","category-ethnic-minorities","category-lancashire-and-south-cumbria","category-life-stories"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29963,"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29961\/revisions\/29963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/lancashirecarelibraryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}