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Staff at Peterborough City Hospital now have the opportunity to travel over the rainbow in order to get to work.

This year, the Trust has added a splash of colour to two pedestrian crossings at Peterborough City Hospital in recognition of Pride. The brightly coloured rectangles have been placed alongside the existing zebra crossings outside the multi-storey car park and opposite the main hospital entrance.

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust has a number of staff networks which are run by staff and co-led by the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Team, helping to shape culture and policies to create a more inclusive work environment for staff and improving the experiences for patients and their families.

Jo Bennis, Chief Nurse, said: “As the executive link with our LGBTQIA+ staff network, I’m really proud that we continue to support our colleagues, patients and local community – not only during Pride, but always. We hope these rainbow crossings represent celebration, raise awareness, and serve as a reminder to our colleagues and visitors that we are an inclusive Trust.”

Since forming around five years ago the Trust’s LGBTQIA+ staff network has contributed to new policies and remained passionate about educating staff. It regularly delivers lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ colleagues to the executive board and is innovative in its approach to new working ways for staff across all of our hospitals.

Jo added: “I'd like to thank North West Anglia Hospitals’ Charity for funding this initiative and also to our Estates and Facilities Team and colleagues at Progress Health for helping make these rainbow crossings come to life.”

Plans are in place to install rainbow crossings at our Stamford and Hinchingbrooke sites and we look forward to sharing the news of those soon.