"Raising the curtain on the equality theatre": a study of recruitment to first healthcare job post-qualification in the UK National Health Service.

ABSTRACT:

Background

UK equality law and National Health Service (NHS) policy requires racial equality in job appointments and career opportunities. However, recent national workforce race equality standard (WRES) data show that nearly all NHS organisations in the UK are failing to appoint ethnically diverse candidates with equivalent training and qualifications as their white counterparts. This is problematic because workforce diversity is associated with improved patient outcomes and other benefits for staff and organisations.

Aim

To better understand the reasons behind underrepresentation of ethnically diverse candidates in first NHS healthcare jobs post-qualification and to identify any structural or systemic barriers to employment for such groups.

Methods

The study was inf

SUBMITTER: Hammond J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9264517 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature