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The NHS is supposed to be for everyone, so why are Jewish people facing unimaginable abuse

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15.09.2026

When people interact with the NHS, they are often at their most vulnerable and frightened.

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By Stephen Silverman, Director of Investigations and Enforcement at Campaign Against Antisemitism

We place enormous faith and trust in the relationship between patient and provider.

Our new documentary, titled ‘Malignant: Antisemitism in the NHS’, shows why Jewish people are no longer able to place that faith and trust in the NHS.

The film exposes the antisemitic rot at the heart of our national healthcare provider, and makes for difficult viewing.

The scale and severity of this institutional crisis are staggering. We heard from patients and practitioners about how the NHS had failed them: a Jewish nurse subjected to a Nazi salute; antisemitic abuse to a Jewish patient during surgery on his head; a senior Jewish medical professor receiving antisemitic........

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