Health Official Slams 'Second-Class Treatment' Mother Received in NHS

Health Official Slams 'Second-Class Treatment' Mother Received in NHS

A health leader has condemned racial inequalities in the health service, saying that his mother received a “black service, not an NHS service” as she died. Lord Victor Adebowale, chairman of the NHS Confederation, described the death of his 92-year-old mother as “undignified”. His mother Grace, who worked as an NHS nurse for 45 years, died in January of suspected lung cancer. But her cancer was not detected until after she died. Her case highlights systemic racial disparities in healthcare, Lord Adebowale said. “I just think there are too many situations where people that look like me and shades of me don’t get the service,” he said. In an emotional speech, Lord Adebowale told the NHS ConfedExpo conference in Manchester: “It was not the dignified death that we would have wanted for her. It wasn’t the death she deserved. “So it makes me clear about the need to address the inequity. I think she got a black service, not an NHS service. “So I have to address the inequity…