The annual staff survey has shown a steady increase in discrimination since 2015. Below is a breakdown of the trusts with the highest and lowest percentages of staff experiencing discrimination at work in the last 12 months, comparing 2017 to 2018.

London

Highest percentage of staff experiencing discrimination2017 score2018 score Lowest percentage of staff experiencing discrimination2017 score2018 score
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust 25% 24%   Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust 14% 16%
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 22% 23%   Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust 18% 17%
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust 19% 23%   Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 17% 18%
Barts Health NHS Trust 22% 22%   The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 17% 18%
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust 22% 22%   Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust 19% 18%

Midlands and East

Highest percentage of staff experiencing discrimination2017 score2018 score Lowest percentage of staff experiencing discrimination2017 score2018 score
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 15% 16%   South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust 12% 8%
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust 13% 16%   Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 10% 8%
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust 17% 16%   West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust 10% 8%
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 14% 15%   The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust 11% 9%
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust 16% 15%   James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 14% 10%

North

Highest percentage of staff experiencing discrimination2017 score2018 score Lowest percentage of staff experiencing discrimination2017 score2018 score
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 11% 15%   St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 11% 6%
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 13% 13%   Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 9% 6%
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust 11% 12%   Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust 8% 6%
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust 11% 12%   Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 10% 6%
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 10% 12%   Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust 8% 7%

South

Highest percentage of staff experiencing discrimination2017 score2018 score Lowest percentage of staff experiencing discrimination2017 score2018 score
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust 16% 15%   Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust 7% 8%
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 14% 15%   Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 10% 9%
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust 13% 15%   Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust 9% 9%
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust 14% 14%   Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 9% 9%
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 14% 14%   Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 12% 10%

Source

NHS staff survey 2018

Source Date

February 2019

Topics

Staff survey: Witnessing errors at highest level for five years