GB News host Martin Daubney has applauded NHS Nurse Julia Taylor for speaking "common sense", as she hit out at the health service's spending on diversity initiatives.In an exclusive investigation by the People's Channel, GB News found that 20 NHS trusts are now spending more than £3,000,000 on diversity, equality and inclusivity initiatives.FULL STORY HERE.
00:00Exactly, exactly the same. Imagine how many nurses we could have for that money. That's the thing. I'd like to, if you don't mind, talk about why I think diversity and inclusion initiatives as currently implemented might be wrong for the NHS.
00:16Sure.
00:46Risks undermining patient safety. Hiring or promoting based on identity rather than qualifications can erode trust and competence in a system where lives are just at stake, you know.
00:59Third, these initiatives can create division. When staff feel opportunities are tied to characteristics rather than performance, morale suffers. This disrupts teamwork, which is critical to health care.
01:14Fourth, DEI programmes often lack evidence linking them to better patient outcomes. Studies like the one in the Lancet in 2019 show no clear connection between diversity training and improved care.
01:29And finally, and I'll shut up then, excessive focus on DEI can foster resentment because staff perceive favouritism. Rather than workplace cohesion, you get atmospheres.
01:43And the NHS must focus on excellence and patient outcomes, not bureaucratic mandates. Let's invest in care, not ideology. Surely that's common sense, Martin.
01:55Oh my God, where have you been all my life? That was just absolutely fantastic. That's exactly what people want to hear. I think people are crying out for people like you to speak common sense.
02:14I mean, if we have more people like you speaking truth to power, we might have half a chance. Julia, a thank you for just crystallising what I think many, many people watching this channel think is the common sense approach.
02:27But I'm assuming if you say what you've just said, does it get you in a bit of hot water?
02:32Probably, probably. But I'm in the free speech union, so I've got a bit of backing behind me.
02:38But everything I've said is true. It's fact. So, I mean, I'm saying this, but it's fact. We need to start employing people on merit.
02:49It doesn't, I mean, I hit two of the protected characteristics, you know. I'm actually gay and I'm registered disabled, but I didn't get my job because of that.
02:58I never put it down on the form because I don't think that's fair. When you protect somebody's characteristics, anybody that isn't in that protected characteristics list is left out.
03:12And you're working in the NHS, you feel resentment and you think, did they get the job because they've transitioned?
03:19Did she get the job because she's gay? What about her there sitting in a wheelchair? Did she get that because she's disabled?
03:25Is that why? You know what I mean? It's not right. What happened to just having staff that are non-judgmental?
03:33Because at the end of the day, I'm sure anybody that wants to be looked after by me, and I would do it really well, like I do with all of my patients,
03:41wouldn't give a monkey's chuff if I was gay or like I am or disabled. They don't care. They just want to be looked after. It's common sense.
03:51I'll tell you what, Juliette, you've just like shot right into the top, into the top 10 of my favourite ever guests on this entire channel.
04:03I seriously, seriously mean it. It's just wonderful to hear such a breath of fresh air.
04:07Because I think a lot of us, you know, kind of looking in from the outside, think that, you know,
04:10the NHS is now so consumed by wokery and by this DEI nonsense.
