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‘It will be important for nursing associates to demonstrate cultural awareness when caring for people and to ensure that the needs, priorities, expertise and preferences of people are always valued and taken into account’.

Source: Nursing and Midwifery Council (2018a)

Cultural competence is the ability to provide care to patients with diverse values, beliefs and behaviours. Nursing associates must tailor the delivery of healthcare and social care to meet patients’ social, cultural and linguistic needs. Cultural competence is the ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures and address health inequalities. Being culturally competent is not just about respecting and appreciating the cultural contexts of patients’ lives, neither is it a one‐size‐fits‐all approach – it is about understanding the way we deliver healthcare and responding to the needs of our diverse population (National Health Service 2019).