Moorfields Eye Hospital’s ‘unconscious bias’ anti-racism training reportedly makes no mention of Jews

An ‘unconscious bias’ anti-racism training seminar reportedly failed (unconsciously?) to incorporate any reference to Jews or antisemitism.

Moorfields Eye Hospital’s Chief People Officer, Sue Steen, reportedly told NHS employees at the hospital that the compulsory webinar was part of “trust-wide efforts to help ensure an inclusive, respectful, and equitable workplace”.

Ms Steen hoped that the session, which was part of a series, would help create “a truly anti-racist working environment” and allow staff to “recognise and respond to microaggressions, gain tools to challenge bias, and explore how we can act as allies”.

According to one attendee of the webinar, who spoke to The JC, reported feeling disgusted that anti-Jewish racism had been excluded even as dozens of case studies relating to other forms of hatred were covered.

The NHS trust that runs the hospital says that antisemitism will now be included.

That cannot happen quickly enough, given the apparent unconscious bias against Jews at the institution.