Digital Health July 25, 2024
- Healthcare leaders met to discuss the creation of an ‘Equity Charter’ for digital health
- A statement from Diane Abbott called on attendees to help dismantle systemic racism
- There have been more than 1,000 signatures to an open letter pledging commitment to the charter
“Racism has no place in any part of our society, including in our digital health systems,” said Diane Abbott, Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, in a statement read at the Equity Charter Summit.
The event at the King’s Fund in London on 23 July 2024, was to discuss the creation of a charter condemning discrimination in the digital health sector.
Ayesha Rahim, a ‘portfolio psychiatrist’ in the NHS, read a statement from...