The Society of Radiographers have said racism is rising in the NHS. They give the example of a patient refusing a chest X-ray from a black radiographer, saying ‘black people frighten me.’ Other anecdotes cite patients calling healthcare staff ‘dirty foreigners’ or ‘monkeys’. The Society of Radiographers says the problems have got worse in the

NHS staff, including radiographer Paul Awah, have told us some patients refuse to be treated by non-white staff — and the professionals say the rise of the far right is to blame

‘Noticeable’ increase in xenophobic and racist comments towards NHS staff made in past 18 months, experts say