The NHS has allowed trusts to spend almost £2million on ‘staff networks’ which have hosted a series of ‘woke’ events over the past two years, the Mail can reveal.
New figures show the health service budgeted more than £1.8million for the internal staff groupings, which are usually linked to race, sexuality, gender, disability or religion.
More than 154 NHS Trusts responded to Freedom of Information requests from the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) revealing how the networks have hosted hundreds of events between 2022 and 2024.
They included a Eurovision Viewing Party at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, and an event on ‘Embracing Asexuality’ at the The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust in Essex.
NHS staff also attended a talk on ‘Embracing your Afro/Curly hair’ at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and another on ‘International Pronouns Day’ at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.
