E62: Ashwin Upadhya - Being a South Asian LGBTQ+ Person Working in the NHS

**Trigger warning**
Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Ashwin Upadhya as part of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Series (Part 4)

Discussion about being from a South Asian background and LGBTQ+ while working in the NHS.

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Links from podcast:

Ashwin’s blog “coming out again and again:” https://www.csp.org.uk/frontline/article/coming-out-again-again 

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