FACT CHECK: Did The Guardian Publish An Article Stating that the NHS Should ‘Treat White People Last’?

A post on X claims that British daily news outlet The Guardian published an article claiming that white people should be at the “back of the queue” for National Health Services (NHS) treatments.

What the hell is this? More race baiting… this is NOT the way to unify Britons. The NHS should be colour blind. pic.twitter.com/83gsOWvFoa

— Paul Thorpe Official (@ThorpeWatch) December 30, 2024

Verdict: False

No such article exists on their official website. The screenshot is fabricated.

Fact Check:

The NHS (National Health Service,) England’s public healthcare system, has been under criticism for perceived racism following an August 2024 report from the NHS Confederation highlighting data points from conducted surveys. A secondary study from the British Medical Association showed at least 23% of workers who are non-white considered leaving their positions in the industry due to racial discrimination.

A post on X claims that one columnist’s solution to this is that white people should be treated last by the NHS. The caption states that this is “race baiting” and that the NHS should be “colour blind.” It includes a screenshot of the supposed article that was published in the Guardian, a newspaper of record in the U.K.

No record of this article exists on the Guardian’s website, leading us to believe the screenshot was fabricated. (RELATED: Is Trump Set To Make Great Britain A State?)

The article is attributed to an author named Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, who has not published in the Guardian since 2016. Alibhai-Brown has written about race in the past, in which she acknowledges that “racism against whites by Asian and black Britons is growing and not honestly addressed.” No mention of the topic turns up on her X account, and no articles of hers matching “white people NHS” turn up in a Google search.

The original post was struck with a community note telling new viewers that the article is fake.