Scottish NHS Board to Apologise and Offer Reparations Over Historic Slavery Links

Campaigners warn that ‘divisive’ and ‘fashionable’ ideologies should not be part of an NHS hospital’s core mission.

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward on Jan. 18, 2023. Jeff Moore/PA

A major Scottish hospital is planning to make reparations to Jamaica and Africa to acknowledge its historic 18th century links to slavery.

NHS Lothian, which provides health care services in Edinburgh, East Lothian, Mid Lothian, and West Lothian is planning the reparations to make amends for its 300-year-old slave trade links.