The government has responded to to Lord John Mann’s review of antisemitism and other forms of racism across the NHS and healthcare regulatory system and accepted all recommendations for the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England.

Lord Mann was commissioned by the former Secretary of State and the Prime Minister in October 2025 to lead an urgent review into how the NHS and its regulatory system recognises, reports and tackles antisemitism and other forms of racism.

The review found that Jewish people in the NHS experience “routine ostracism”, with Jewish staff being the only religious group in the latest NHS staff survey for whom discrimination from colleagues is rising. According to the review, antisemitism also extends to patients, with some Jewish patients reporting not wishing to present for treatment or putting off receiving important care.

16 per cent of Muslim staff and 20 per cent of Black and minority ethnic staff also reported discrimination in the last year.

Mandatory antisemitism training will be delivered for NHS leaders, and clear national guidance on uniform and responding to racist behaviour will also be introduced.

The government will publish a new set of staff standards to better hold trusts to account, including one on tackling racism that will set minimum expectations for how organisations must prevent, respond to and learn from incidents of racism.

Secretary of State for Health, James Murray, said: "The NHS was built on the principle that everyone should be treated equally and with respect. Racism and discrimination betray everything the NHS stands for and its ability to provide safe, world-class care. 

"Lord John Mann has made a series of robust and practical recommendations which we are accepting.

"I know that Jewish people - and everyone experiencing discrimination - need action not words. Together with NHS England, we will waste no time in setting these recommendations in motion to build a health service that lives up to its values."