The Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework (PCREF) is a national scheme aimed at ensuring Trusts take action to reduce racial inequality within services.
It is about becoming an actively anti-racist organisation and ensuring that we co-produce and implement concrete actions to improve access, experience and outcomes for people from ethnic minority communities.
Latest Update
Following two community engagement events, we have co-produced an Anti Racist Statement of Intent.
‘We will value everyone and their differences by being visibly and vocally anti-racist’.
We acknowledge that racism is experienced daily by our colleagues and the communities we serve.
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we commit to listening with humility, learning from lived experiences, and building trust through consistent action because not tolerating racism is not enough.
We will work towards creating safe and inclusive spaces where people feel valued, respected, and able to speak openly without fear.
We will engage in partnership with colleagues, community partners, patients, carers ‑ produce change and ensure our services are equitable, inclusive, and responsive to diverse needs.
We will be transparent about our action, our impact and where we need to do better.
We will take meaningful steps to reduce inequity. We will improve outcomes for All.
Previous Updates
On 1 April 2026, we held an event at the Friendship Cafe, in Gloucester. This was open to anyone who wanted to get involved in our PCREF work – which includes Trust colleagues, Board members, Governors and most importantly members of our local communities. The focus was on co-producing an ‘Anti Racist Statement’ and looking at our vision for the Trust’s PCREF commitments for the future.
Our PCREF event on 1 April 2026
Douglas Blair, Chief Executive, opening the PCREF event in April 2026
In February 2026, approximately 40 people joined a workshop held to talk about the Trust’s approach to the Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework (PCREF).
The event, at Churchdown Community Centre, was an opportunity for Trust colleagues, service users, carers, Experts by Experience and community representatives to talk about this important work.
Useful Background
To find out more about this topic, click here: Not-racist v anti-racist: what’s the difference? – BBC Bitesize
Next Steps
We will be sharing more news on PCREF shortly.
Get Involved
We are inviting anyone with an interest in supporting this work to get in touch so that we can ensure everything we do is developed with the communities we serve as well as those who work within our services. To find out how you can support us, email pcrefinbox@ghc.nhs.uk and we will be in touch with the next steps.