‘Farcical reality’: Healthcare workers respond to targeting over pro-Palestine symbols

‘Farcical reality’: Healthcare workers respond to targeting over pro-Palestine symbols Submitted by Fleur Hargreaves on Tue, 07/07/2026 - 11:08 MPs and NHS workers raise concern about the move to ban medical scrubs at protests and pro-Palestine symbols at work Protestors hold placards outside The Royal Courts of Justice, Britain's High Court, in London on 13 February (AFP/Ben Stansall) Off The move to ban NHS staff from displaying political symbols in the workplace and wearing medical scrubs in protests has been widely condemned by politicians and healthcare workers, who say it is using fears of antisemitism to crack down on expressions of solidarity with Palestine . Middle East Eye spoke to a number of pro-Palestine NHS workers about their experience campaigning against the genocide in Gaza and the backlash they have faced from their workplace as a result. The Mann report was commissioned by former health secretary Wes Streeting in 2025 to investigate antisemitism in the NHS.