Windrush Programme and Leadership Scholarships

Windrush Programme Caribbean nurses arrived in Britain, alongside other skilled and unskilled workers on HMT Empire Windrush in June 1948, the same year as the inception of the NHS. "Windrush nurses were, and their descendants remain, major contributors to the NHS workforce". This programme was originally developed to mark the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the Windrush. Staff are the greatest resource the NHS has and one in five are of Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) origin rising to much higher levels...