Minority staff blocked from senior NHS roles, study finds

Institutional racial discrimination is blocking black and ethnic minority NHS staff from senior positions, an independent study has confirmed.Only 8 per cent of senior managers are from non-white backgrounds compared with 12 per cent of the working-age population, an assessment commissioned by the NHS Institute found.

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