- Raman Bedi, dental public health specialist
- Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, Guy’s Campus King’s College London, London, UK
- raman.bedi{at}kcl.ac.uk
Abbasi rightly highlights how racism, sexism, and other inequities are deeply embedded in and systemically damaging to the NHS.1 The evidence of harm is overwhelming, and the cost of inaction is unsustainable. I agree with the urgent need for action, but I think our current approaches—often anchored in conventional diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) training and top-down strategies—might no longer serve us well.
The prevailing …
