Reports
FINAL REPORT ON PROGRESS TO ADDRESS COVID-19 HEALTH INEQUALITIES -3 DECEMBER 2021
This report sets out NHS England’s 10 year strategy to modernise the HR and organisational development functions in the NHS
THE FUTURE OF NHS HUMAN RESOURCES AND ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT -22 NOVEMBER 2021
This report sets out NHS England’s 10 year strategy to modernise the HR and organisational development functions in the NHS
SUPPORTING NAMED LEADS FOR HEALTH INEQUALITIES ON NHS BOARDS-NOVEMBER 2021
This report by the RHO and the Kings Funds details 5 recommendations to ensure NHS leads for health inequalities on NHS Boards make a difference.
NUFFIELD TRUST REPORT -ATTRACTING SUPPORTING AND RETAINING A DIVERSE NHS WORKFORCE-8 NOVEMBER 2021
This report shows that BME staff experience discrimination and are treated less favourably at every stage of the career pipeline and across different professions in the NHS.
APPG NO ONE’S LISTENING: AN INQUIRY INTO THE AVOIDABLE DEATHS AND FAILURES OF CARE FOR SICKLE CELL PATIENTS IN SECONDARY CARE-NOVEMBER 2021
This report by the all party parliamentary group for Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia details the serious care failings in acute services and evidence of attitudes underpinned by racism towards the predominantly African and Caribbean patients.
HANSARD PARLIAMENT -MANDATORY REPORTING OF ETHNICITY PAY GAP-25 OCTOBER 2021
Lord Boateng raises the issue of mandatory reporting of the ethnicity pay gap in the House of Lords
CQC’s REPORT -THE STATE OF HEALTHCARE AND ADULT SOCIAL CARE IN ENGLAND 2020/21- 22 OCTOBER 2021
This report details CQC’s assessment of health care and social care in England.
RHO TENDER-REVIEW OF NEONATAL TESTING AND PRACTICE IN BLACK AND ASIAN NEWBORNS-OCTOBER 2021
The NHS Race & Health Observatory has issued an invitation to tender to determine whether health inequalities are in evidence in neonatology.
NHS ENGLAND’s 2021/22 PRIORITIES AND OPERATIONAL PLANNING GUIDANCE OCTOBER 2021 to MARCH 2022-30 SEPTEMBER 2021
This planning guidance provides an update on the planning guidance published in March 2021.
CQC REPORT-SAFETY, EQUITY AND ENGAGEMENT IN MATERNITY SERVICE-21 SEPTEMBER 2021
This CQC report details the outcome from nine focused safety inspection of maternity units including the fact that the adverse outcomes for BME women are still not effectively being addressed.
THE GUARDIAN ARTICLE REGARDING EHRC’s DENIAL OF INSTITUTIONAL RACISM -19 SEPTEMBER 2021
This article delays the comments of a former employee of EHRC concerning the organisations denial of institutional and structural racism
CORPORATE GASLIGHTING-RACE, RECRUITMENT AND DENIAL IN THE NHS-SEPTEMBER 2021
This report details the outcome of an independent study of the likelihood of job-offer from application by ethnicity across the 18 NHS Acute Trusts in London
EHRC DRAFT STRATEGIC PLAN 2022-2025-17 AUGUST 2021
MEDICAL WRES REPORT -20 JULY 2021
The first Medical WRES report to be published finds, not surprisingly, BME doctors face a worse experience at work when compared to white doctors.
PRESS RELEASE FOR RUNNYMEDE TRUST CIVIL SOCIETY SUBMISSION TO UN COMMITTEE IN THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION -14 JULY 2021
The Press Release for Runnymede Trust Civil Society Submission to the UN ICERD provides an overview of the Government’s failing concerning racial discrimination and the recommendations going forward.
RUNNYMEDE TRUST CIVIL SOCIETY SUBMISSION TO UN COMMITTEE IN THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION -14 JULY 2021
The Runnymede Trust Civil Society Submission to the UN ICERD warns that the UK Government is in breach of its human rights obligations under the treaty.
EVIDENCE FROM THE EQUALITIES WOMEN COMMITTEE-7 JULY 2021
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION REPORT -UNEQUAL PANDEMIC, FAIRER RECOVERY-5 JULY 2021
Reports that the pandemic has shown that health and wealth are inextricably linked.
CORE NEWSLETTER -30 JUNE 2021
Core outlines the events pertaining to its membership organisations for the month of June 2021.
BMA REPORT-A MISSED OPPORTUNITY -BMA RESPONSE TO RACE REPORT- 30 JUNE 2021
BMA review of CRED Race Report and concludes “we firmly refute the overall findings in the report”
EASTERN EYE PUBLICATION REGARDING WESTMINSTER FORUM MEETING -25 JUNE 2021
Eastern Eye publication highlights the contrasting views between Dr Tony Sewell and Dr Vivienne Lyfar-Cissé, Chair of NHS BME Network concerning institutional racism in the NHS at the Westminster Forum meeting held on 25 June 2021.
BME DOCTOR WINS EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL CLAIM AGAINST GMC -16 JUNE 2021
BME doctor brings a landmark case against the GMC for racial discrimination and wins
PARLIAMENTARY HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE REPORT-8 JUNE 2021
This report outlines the feedback the Committee has received from NHSE and other bodies such as the BMA, NHS Confederation etc concerning the experience of BME staff in the NHS.
DIVERSITY A-Z -6 JUNE 2021
This report was taken down from the NHS Website, but published by the Spectator.
ETHNIC HEALTH INEQUALITIES AND THE NHS -JUNE 2021
A call for action to address the ethnic health inequalities exposed further by the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on BME communities.
UNLOCKING THE DIGITAL FRONT DOOR-KEYS TO INCLUSIVE HEALTHCARE 30 MAY 2021
APPG ON STEM TRANSPLANTATION REPORT-NO PATIENT LEFT BEHIND -27 May 2021
CQC’s NEW STRATEGY FROM 2021-27 MAY 2021
CQC sets out its new strategy from 2021 onwards based on its learning over the last five years
HM GOVERNMENT THIRD COVID DISPARITIES REPORT TO PRIME MINISTER-MAY 2021
UK-REACH STUDY REGARDING VACCINE HESITANCY-28 APRIL 2021
UK REACH STUDY of 11,500 clinical and non-clinical health workers show COVID-19 hesitancy was more common amongst BMEs.
REPORT BY MIND-TRYING TO CONNECT -28 APRIL 2021
This report by mind details the outcome of a survey of 1,914 people about their experiences of accessing mental health services by phone or on-line during the pandemic.
NATIONAL BLACK POLICE ASSOCIATION’S RESPONSE TO CRED REPORT-APRIL 2021
LETTER FROM EHRC TO RUNNYMEDE TRUST-12 April 2021
CHANGING THE PERFECT PICTURE-AN INQUIRY INTO BODY IMAGE-9 APRIL 2021
Parliamentary Inquiry calls for the scrapping of the BMI Index which disadvantages BME people
LETTER FROM WINDRUSH REPRESENTATIVES TO DR TONY SEWELL-9 APRIL 2021
Representatives of the Windrush scandal write to Dr Tony Sewell to ask him to scrap the report or stand down.
OPEN LETTER FROM RUNNYMEDE TRUST TO PRIME MINISTER-8 APRIL 2021
RUNNYMEDE REPORT -FACTS DON’T LIE ONE WORKING CLASS: RACE, CLASS AND INEQUALITIES -MARCH 2021
An excellent short report that provides a a sound foundation in understanding the race agenda.
GMB SUBMISSION TO EHRC REGRADING ITS RACE EQUALITY INQUIRY -MARCH 2021
This report outlines the GMB’s submission to the EHRC to inform its Race Inquiry
COMMISSION ON RACE AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES REPORT-31 MARCH 2021
This report denies the existence of institutional racism and suggest that the UK is a model for other white majority countries.
NHS ENGLAND’s 2021/22 PRIORITIES AND OPERATIONAL PLANNING GUIDANCE -25 MARCH 2021
This planning guidance sets out the five priorities for tacking health inequalities and other priorities.
NHSEI FOURTH PHASE OF THE RESPONSE TO COVID 19 -25 MARCH 2021
This report sets out NHSEI priorities for 2021
OPEN LETTER FROM BME CEOs AND CHAIRS TO SIMON STEVENS-24 MARCH 2021
Letter from 19 CEOs and Chairs to Simon Stevens re concerns about race equality.
HSJ ARTICLE REGARDING WORST TRUSTS FOR DISCRIMINATION-15 MARCH 2021
This report by HSJ names acute trusts with the highest and lowest proportion of BME staff that have confirmed they have experienced discrimination whilst working in the NHS.
GOVERNMENT SECONDLY QUARTERLY REPORT INTO COVID-19 ETHNIC MINORITIES-01 MARCH 2021
The government’s second quarterly report on progress to address COVID-19 finds again that ethnicity in its own right did not appear to be a factor in the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on BME communities.
WRES REPORT 2020-26 FEBRUARY 2021
The WRES report for 2020 unsurprisingly shows very little movement concerning the experience of BME staff in the NHS.
MINISTER OF EQUALITIES LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER -25 FEBRUARY 2021
Minister of Equalities Kemi Badenoch MP writes to Boris Johnson MP regarding the outcomes detailed in the Second Quarterly report concerning COVID-19 and ethnic minorities.
PAPER ON VACCINE UPTAKE IN A MULTI-ETHNIC UK HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE-15 FEBRUARY 2021
This paper reviewed the uptake of the vaccine jab by staff working for University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and found that the update was lowest in BME staff groups.
TIME FOR NURSING TO ERADICATE HAIR DISCRIMINATION -9 FEBRUARY 2021
Academics call for nursing to make an effort to stop the hair discrimination of black nurses
HSJ ARTICLE BY DR NADEEM MOGHAL-02.02.21
According to Dr Moghal the roots of the black vaccine hesitancy lie in the mistrust of authority and state institutions starting with the British slave trade policy just over 400 years ago.
THE LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH REPORT -28 JANUARY 2021
This report outlines the study carried out by the University of Manchester using the England-wide GP Patient Survey for 1.4 million adults over 55 years between 2015 and 2017. The results show that BME groups were more likely to report poor experiences at their GP Surgery.
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE REPORT- JANUARY 2021
This report details the findings of the RCEM surveys undertaken in May and December 2020 which revealed ethnic minority disparities in access to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The report also makes a number of recommendations to address this occupational risk.
GOVERNMENT WHITE PAPER-REFORMING THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT -JANUARY 2021
The Government’s White Paper outlines the four principles developed by a Review undertaken by Professor Sir Simon Wessely that will guide and shape its approach to reforming legislation, policy and practice concerning the Mental Health Act.
MBRRACE-UK EXECUTIVE SUMMARY REPORT -DECEMBER 2020
MBRRACE-UK FULL REPORT -DECEMBER 2020
MBRRACE-UK report on examining the care received by women who died during or up to pregnancy between 2016 and 2018 found death rates to be four times higher for BME women and two times for Asian women.
BUILD BACK FAIRER: THE COVID-19 MARMOT REVIEW -DECEMBER 2020
The report makes the case for the need not only to “Build back better” but also to Build Back fairer” after the pandemic given the level of social, environmental and economic inequality in society are damaging health and wellbeing.
The Executive Summary to the full report available below.
BUILD BACK FAIRER: THE COVID-19 MARMOT REVIEW -DECEMBER 2020
The report makes the case for the need not only to “Build back better” but also to Build Back fairer” after the pandemic given the level of social, environmental and economic inequality in society are damaging health and wellbeing.
APPG-CORONAVIRUS INTERIM REPORT-DECEMBER 2020
NHS COVID-19 VACCINATION DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY-20.11.20
NHS England writes to all NHS Leaders setting out its deployment strategy for the vaccination of all NHS Staff
BMJ EDITORIAL -WHEN GOOD SCIENCE IS SUPPRESSED PEOPLE DIE-13 NOVEMBER 2020
This BMJ Editorial outlines some of the things that the government has suppressed whilst at the same time deceitfully claiming to be following the science-the net result being people have died needlessly.
PARLIAMENTARY JOINT COMMITTEE OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT-BLACK PEOPLE, RACISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS-11.11.20
This report highlights that over 60% of Black people in the UK do not believe their health is equally protected by the NHS compared to white people. This together with disadvantages faced by black people justifies the establishment of an organisation similar to the Commission of Racial Equality of the past.
EHRC -TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR INQUIRY INTO RACIAL INEQUALITIES AT WORK FOR LOWER PAID HEALTH AND CARE WORKERS ACROSS BRITAIN-05.11.20
This document outlines the Terms and Reference for the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Inquiry concerning racial inequalities at work for lower paid health and Care workers across Britain.
GOV UK: ETHNIC DISPARITIES AND INEQUALITY IN THE UK: CALL FOR EVIDENCE
The Commission on Race and Ethnic disparities is calling for evidence in an attempt to understand the disparities that exist across the different public sectors. The deadline for responses is 30 November 2020.
A REVIEW BY BARONESS DOREEN LAWRENCE -AN AVOIDABLE CRISIS-27.10.20
This report by Baroness Doreen Lawrence says COVID-19 has “thrived” among BME communities because of structural race discrimination.
HM GOVERNMENT-FIRST COVID DISPARITIES REPORT TO PRIME MINISTER -22.10.20
This report details the work that has been undertaken by the government since the publication of PHE reports in June 2020 highlighting the disparities that exist in relation to ethnicity and COVID-19 infections.
EHRC REPORT-HOW CORONAVIRUS HAS AFFECTED EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS-20 OCTOBER 2020
This report by the EHRC summarises evidence that helps us understand the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on different groups in society.
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE COMMITTEE REPORT-1 OCTOBER 2020
This HSCC report titled ‘Delivering core NHS and care services during the pandemic and beyond calls for a strategy to deal with racial discrimination in the NHS by the end of the year.
ADVANCING MENTAL HEALTH EQUALITIES STRATEGY-SEPTEMBER 2020
This report summarises the core actions that NHS England and NHS Improvement will take to bridge the gaps for communities fairing worse than others in mental health services.
NHS CONFEDERATION REPORT – HEALTH INEQUALITIES TIME TO ACT-SEPTEMBER 2020
This report provides an overview of the feedback the NHS Confederation has received from its members concerning the long standing failure of the NHS to address health inequalities as exposed by COVID-19
HSJ INTERVIEW WITH RETIRING NHS ENGLAND WRES LEAD -30 SEPTEMBER 2020
In this interview Ms Coghill claims that some trusts are gaming race equality targets and highlights why the WRES needs to be revamped to make it fit for purpose.
COVID 19 AND THE HEALTH AND CARE WORKFORCE-24 SEPTEMBER 2020
This report by NHS Confederation highlights that the biggest workforce issue of the pandemic relates to discrimination of BME staff.
Exclusive: Muslim Medics Taunted About Bacon And Alcohol – By Their Own NHS Colleagues | HuffPost UK
Muslim NHS workers have told HuffPost UK how Islamophobia is rife in the organisation, with their own colleagues making disgraceful comments and denying them opportunities to progress or even socialise.
THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS-7 SEPTEMBER 2020
This report commissioned by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights is the first of its kind and highlights in the main that black people do not believe they are treated equally to white people by the NHS.
NHS ENGLAND’s IMPLEMENTING PHASE 3 OF THE NHS RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC-7 AUGUST 2020
This document supports NHS England’s letter to health leaders concerning the need to tackle ethnic health inequalities.
WEST MIDLANDS INQUIRY INTO COVID-19 FATALITIES IN THE BAME COMMUNITY-AUGUST 2020
Report finds BME Covid-19 deaths in the West Midlands were probably avoidable with a number of harrowing testimonies.
Runnymede COVID-19 Survey Report v2 August 2020
Report found that 50% Bangladeshi; 42% Pakistani and 41% Black African key worker respondents reported they had not been supplied with adequate PPE. Furthermore, BME people were more likely to feel they were being given tasks that exposed them to the virus and to say that had been ignored after raising concerns about safety.
Letter from NHS England to NHS Leaders published 31 July 2020
Letter outlines the third phase of the NHS response to COVID-19 effective from 1 August 2020 which includes a requirement for Trusts to publish action plans to ensure its leaders are representative of the BME Workforce by 2025. In addition, it also sets out how the NHS Leaders and General Practitioners are required to address health inequalities and prevention.
NHS People Plan 2020/21-published 30 July 2020
Sets out the requirements for how NHS people should be treated including the need to address the racial discrimination of BME staff.
THE KINGS FUND REPORT-WORKFORCE RACE INEQUALITIES AND INCLUSION IN NHS PROVIDERS-JULY 2020
This report looks at three case studies in creating a fairer workplace for BME staff in the NHS.
THE KINGS FUND SUMMARY REPORT-WORKFORCE RACE INEQUALITIES AND INCLUSION IN NHS PROVIDERS-JULY 2020
This report summarises three case studies in creating a fairer workplace for BME staff in the NHS.
Letter from NHS England to NHS Leaders published 24 June 2020
Letter calls for NHS Leaders to undertake risk assessments of their staff that are most at risk within 4 weeks of the date of the letter.
Government TOR Covid -19 Disparities published June 2020
The Government has set out its TOR regarding the next steps for work on Covid-19 disparities.
PHE-COVID-19 AND BME COMMUNITIES-16 JUNE 2020
Report documents the feedback from BME Stakeholders in an attempt to understand the impact of COVID-19 on BME groups. This section was withheld by the Government when the report was first published on 2 June 2020.
PHE Disparities Review published 2 June 2020
A review by PHE has confirmed the findings of ONS that BME groups are at a higher risk of dying from coronavirus even when certain known risk factors are accounted for. However, the report despite its TOR makes no recommendations as to what should be done to address…
ONS Report published 7 May 2020
The Office for National Statistics undertook a study comparing deaths where the coronavirus was mentioned on the death certificate and found that BME ethnic groups are at a higher risk than White ethnic groups.
Marmot Review 10 years on -February 2020
This review looks at the Nation’s health since the Marmot Review in 2010 and has found a worsening health picture in England for all people, which is even worse for minority ethnic population groups and people with disabilities.
GMC REPORT -FAIR TO REFER JUNE 2019
NHS Confed Report -Chairs and NEDs in the NHS published June 2019
Report shows that Chairs and Non-Executive Directors of NHS Trusts from a BME background has nearly halved in the last decade from 15% in April 2010 to 8% in 2019.
NHS England Report-A fair experience for all-July 2019
Report sets out the target for NHS Trusts to close the ethnicity gap in rates of disciplinary action across the NHS Workforce.
IMPROVING ACCESS TO PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES (IAPT) BLACK ASIAN AND MINORITY ETHNIC SERVICE USER POSITIVE PRACTICE GUIDE 2019
This guide details helpful suggestions for how to achieve access and outcome equity for the BAME community. The guide has been co-developed by IAPT clinicians and BME service users.
Monitoring the Mental Health Act in 2018/2019 by CQC
CQC highlights its findings as a result of its MHA monitoring visits in 2018/2019.
MODERNISING THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT -DECEMBER 2018
This report is an independent review by Professor Sir Simon Wessely calling for an overhaul of the Mental Health Act.
PHE REPORT-UNDERSTANDING AND REDUCING ETHNIC INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH-AUGUST 2018
The report highlights the need to consider specifically ethnicity within health inequalities work in order to effectively reduce the health inequalities that exist.
EHRC- A Roadmap to Race Equality-October 2017
EHRC and other interested parties to provide a response to the Government’s Race Disparity Audit which clearly shows that ethnicity has a significant and persistent impact on the chance to succeed to the detriment of BME people
EHRC-Healing A Divided Britain -2016
Details a review into race inequality in Great Britain and calls for a need for a comprehensive race equality strategy
HSJ-NATIONAL RACE EQUALITY SURVEY REVEIW-NOVEMBER 2008
A national analysis of trusts and PCTs by the Health Service Journal (HSJ) in November 2008 confirms the findings of the SEC BME Network Race Equality Review in August 2008.
HSJ EDITORIAL-RE SEC RACE EQUALITY REVIEW
Editor of Health Service Journal (HSJ) in response to the SEC BME Network Race Equality Review Report outlines why it is necessary for management to do more to ensure the NHS is free of racism.
HSJ Article re Dr Lyfar-Cisse-Race Equality Report
Health Service Journal (HSJ) given exclusively coverage of the SEC BME Network Race Equality Review Report the first of its kind.
South East Coast BME Network Race Equality Review
The report, the first of its kind, analysed workforce data for the then 27 NHS organisations in the South East Coast (SEC) and reveals the widespread disadvantages faced by BME staff concerning recruitment, bullying and harassment, disciplinaries and AfC paybands.
Breaking the Circle of Fear-2002
Report is a review of the relationship between mental health services and African and Caribbean Communities.