Our highly-successful Rainbow Badge initiative becomes a national NHS England project

Our highly-successful Rainbow Badge initiative becomes a national NHS England project

Created by Evelina London, the now nation-wide NHS Rainbow Badge initiative is continuing to grow with NHS England leading the project into a second phase.

We are proud that our Rainbow Badge initiative has made a real impact on our staff, as well as the children, young people and families we care for at Evelina London. It was set up to make a positive difference by showing that we are an open, non-judgemental and inclusive place for people that identify as LGBT+. Many young LGBT+ people say that they do not have an adult they can turn to or confide in. We believe that people who work in healthcare can play a key role in making things better.

This Pride month, some of our staff have told us how our Rainbow Badges have impacted them and the children, young people and families we care for:

Hannah, staff nurse said: “Sometimes when working in PICU a baby will have two Mums and I’ve noticed that some parents haven’t always felt comfortable being open with all staff members. Once I saw a Mum looking at my badge and after that she knew it was ok to just be herself. She knew she was accepted, could be open and not judged.”