Navina Evans

"It wasn’t my career plan."

"I was a clinician, but at East London NHS Foundation Trust I was encouraged to take on management and leadership responsibilities so I kind of fell into it really."

"From a very young age, I assumed that I would have to work harder to do well."

"There were some jobs I did not get but I don’t know if that was because I’m a woman or because of my ethnicity."

"They should ask themselves the question: ‘Does race really matter?’ and they should not just follow the WRES because they have been told they have to."

"They need to have a debate around why it matters."

"You are always going to need highly specialised individuals, But the pandemic has highlighted the need for greater versatility and adaptability within healthcare."

"What is required in Northumberland will be different to Devon, to London to Kent, etc."

"HEE will work closely with providers to understand differing service designs and models."

"We are in a unique position, we act as a convener between a host of organisations and educational institutions."

"We can use our extensive connections to bring people together to bring together people under a common purpose of driving improvements in health education and training."

"We may have to run double programmes for people to catch up on what they have missed."

"Who will increasingly look to foster closer ties to the various Royal colleges and to develop new ways to maintain and even enhance learning."

"Leadership is something that everybody in an organization can demonstrate and take on at different points in time, no matter their rank or professional identity."

"We don’t make the most of all the assets that we have in terms of our people in the health service."

"We have the same old solutions, the same old people, coming up with the same old answers."

"Diversity brings new ideas, new solutions, and a wider range of understanding about the subtleties of culture, behavior, and values."

"Some of our leaders talk about the need for diversity of opinion and diversity of thought without necessarily acknowledging that we need more women."

"It is shameful, I could tell you stories from my own experience from when I was a trainee right up to last year."

"It is a significant problem; it is everywhere."

"I think we have to ask ourselves and be much more aware of what’s going on around us."

"There are some really practical things that we can do."

"We must change attitudes and behaviour."

"It is really important that every organisation signs up."