All Ethnic minorities articles – Page 5
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NewsDirector quits troubled NHS agency
A key executive at an NHS agency which is embroiled in allegations of racism has announced his resignation, HSJ has learned.
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CommentWe need to hold leaders to account on racial discrimination
Roger Kline comments on how NHS organisations are increasingly recognising the need for a different approach to tackle racial discrimination, shifting the dial from the patterns of denial and avoidance towards the issue
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NewsFifteen white board members appointed at NHS agency criticised for racism
A national NHS agency which pledged in 2020 to tackle internal racism has since had 15 white people appointed to its board positions, alongside one minority ethnic appointee who left the organisation after nine months.
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NewsTrust with few minority leaders sets up diverse ‘shadow board’
A trust chief executive who has created a diverse ‘shadow board’ to counteract the lack of ethnic diversity on its main board has said it has already changed the trust’s recruitment practices.
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NewsWe let down manager who suffered racial discrimination, says Pritchard
Amanda Pritchard has told NHS England staff the organisation ‘let down’ a senior nurse who suffered racial discrimination, and its handling of her concerns was ‘inadequate’.
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CommentEthnic minority doctors are being undermined
GMC chief executive Charlie Massey sets out new evidence on racial and ethical inequalities in medicine, and how new targets are being set to try to eliminate it.
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NewsRace and deprivation set back medical trainees, GMC analysis finds
New research shared with HSJ has ‘laid bare’ the inequalities experienced by medical trainees, with black doctors more likely to perform worse in exams than any other ethnic group.
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CommentRacism: Some HR teams get it and some don’t
In light of NHS England recently losing an employment tribunal case against a senior black nurse on grounds of race discrimination and whistleblowing, Roger Kline casts light on learnings from the case for NHS board members and HR departments
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NewsWhite candidates still 50pc more likely to be recruited, says new NHSE data
White applicants remain 54 per cent more likely to be appointed from NHS job shortlistings than ethnic minority candidates, a metric that has hardly budged since 2016, a NHS England report has revealed.
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NewsNHSE wrongly dismissed discrimination claim from black nurse, tribunal finds
NHS England has lost an employment tribunal case against a senior black nurse on grounds of race discrimination and whistleblowing, and has been criticised for serious flaws in its own investigations.
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NewsDirector’s discrimination claims ‘staggering’, NHS England tells tribunal
A tribunal has been urged to throw out claims of race and sex discrimination by an NHS England director against his employer and its former chief people officer.
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NewsNHSE’s former HR chief felt ‘personally attacked’ by director
NHS England’s former chief people officer felt ‘personally attacked’ by a former director when he ‘lost his temper’ with her, she told an employment tribunal, while ‘categorically denying’ she had blocked a promotion based on race.
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NewsNHS England’s former HR chief accused of discrimination by director
An NHS England director has accused its former chief people officer of racial discrimination, with a tribunal hearing the CPO ‘did everything in her power to stop a Black woman from progressing’.
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CommentWe must tackle bias and poor quality in NHS recording of ethnicity
Although coverage of ethnicity recording has improved over time, the quality of coding can be variable, poor, and shows evidence of systematic bias, writes Veena Raleigh
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NewsRevealed: The targets the NHS no longer has to meet
NHS England has shelved priorities on long covid and diversity and inclusion – as well as a wide range of other areas – in its latest slimmed down operational planning guidance, HSJ analysis shows.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2022: NHS Race Equality Award
Partnered by WINNER: Turning The Tide Oversight Group Equity in Career Development, Opportunity and Well-Being
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: National bodies must walk the walk on race
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce. This week’s edition is by workforce ...
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NewsPromoting progress while pushing for more
Black, Asian, and minority ethnic leaders make an amazing contribution to health and care but, in my view, this is not recognised or celebrated enough. I was therefore delighted to be asked to chair the judging panel for HSJ’s 2022 list of the 50 most influential Black, Asian and minority ...
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NewsCelebrating the crucial role of ethnic minority leaders in health and care
In an ideal world, there would be no need for a Top 50 Black, Asian and minority ethnic power list. Our health and care system would be representative of our diverse communities at all levels – including within its leadership. Sadly, that is not the case. The latest HSJ100 detailing ...
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NewsThe 50 most influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic people in health: The judges
The judges for 2022’s list of healthcare’s 50 most influential Black and minority ethnic leaders