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BLACK LEADERS

IN HEALTHCARE

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Boldly breaking traditions

We strive to be a motivating power in reducing healthcare inequalities for Black and other minority ethnic groups; whilst tackling social exclusion.

To achieve this we are offering tools for educating, inspiring, and equipping a community of professionals with evidence-based leadership skills.

We strongly believe in sharing experiences of good practice to drive systematic change.

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Out of all NHS board members only 13.2% are BME

Only 10.3% BME are Very Senior Managers (VSM)

  • BME staff make up 24.2% of the NHS workforce while in London, BME staff make up 49.9% of NHS workforce. This has continued to increase since WRES data collection began in 2016 (WRES 2022).
  • According to NHS WRES study in 2022, white applicants were 14% more likely to be appointed from shortlisting compared to BME applicants; this is the same as 2021. There has been year-on-year fluctuation but no overall improvement over the past 7 years.
  • Percentage of staff believing that their trust provides equal opportunities for career progression or promotion: White = 87.3% BME = 35.4%
  • 41.4% of BME men are more likely to experience harassment, bullying or abuse from patients, their relatives or the general public in the last 12 months than their female colleagues. A similar trend was seen amongst nursing or healthcare assistants for BME men (44.4%).
  • 29.5% of BME women were most likely to have experienced harassment, bullying or abuse from patients, their relatives or the general public in the last 12 months, a trend that has been evident since at least 2015.
  • 33.1% of men from mixed white and black African backgrounds experienced high levels of abuse from patients, relatives or the public in the last 12 months.

44.4% of  BME men in nursing experienced harassment, bullying or abuse from patients

29.5% of BME women in NHS experienced harassment, bullying, or abuse from patients

NHS staff who died due to Covid were BME

Nurses who died due to Covid were BME

Doctors who died due to Covid were BME

During the pandemic in 2020….

  • 21% of NHS workforce were BME. 63% of healthcare workers who died due to Covid were BME.
  • 20% of nursing staff were BME. During the pandemic 64% of nurses who died were BAME.
  • 44% of medical staff in NHS were BME. An outstanding 95% of doctors who died during the pandemic from Covid were BME.

BLACK WOMEN IN THE UK ARE FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE IN PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH

MBRRACE, 2021
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Black Leaders is a registered community interest company (No.13070493) providing career progression guidance for students and professionals across the U.K.

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