NHS Providers in collaboration with law firm Hempsons have published a comprehensive guide for trust leaders on how to tackle racial discrimination in disciplinary procedures and create a more inclusive and equitable work environment.
Despite annual measurement and reporting on this metric since 2015, the disciplinary gap in the NHS persists, with ethnic minority staff being disproportionately likely to enter formal disciplinary processes compared with their white counterparts. This guide aims to support board members to have an increased awareness and understanding of the existing disparity and provides practical advice and examples of how the gap can be reduced.
Closing the gap: a guide to addressing racial discrimination in disciplinaries (nhsproviders.org)