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This article explores the enduring significance of acknowledging and celebrating Black leaders whose contributions have shaped the NHS, education and health policy. The article highlights how Black Professionals have played pivotal roles in advancing healthcare equality and influencing policy reform. It calls for continued recognition and structural change to ensure that these legacies are not only remembered but embedded.
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Black History Month is a time to celebrate the great work that esteemed individuals are undertaking great and outstanding work and impact in the wider society.
Helen Ayo-Ajayi
Buckinghamshire New University
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This page is a summary of: Driving innovation in the NHS: Black nurses and midwives as forgotten heroes, British Journal of Nursing, October 2025, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2025.0480.
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