Nurses and midwives

Policies and statements

• Nursing and Midwifery Council Equality and diversity strategy (.PDF)
• Nursing and Midwifery Council EDI objectives 2021-25 (.PDF)
• Royal College of Midwives equality and diversity support.
• Royal College of Nursing diversity and inclusion statements and resources.
• The NHS Race & Health Observatory.

Research and reports

• Disparities in the risk and outcomes of COVID-19 (.PDF)
• Workforce race inequalities and inclusion in NHS providers (Free report)
• Midwives experiences of caring for high risk women from Black Asian Ethnic Minority groups (.PDF)
• This is our lane: talking with patients about racism (Open Access)
• "There's no kind of respect here" A qualitative study of racism and access to maternal health care among Romani women in the Balkans (Open Access)
• Racial discrimination and health: a prospective study of ethnic minorities in the United Kingdom (Open Access)
• Understanding competing discourses as a basis for promoting equity in primary health care (Open Access)
• Addressing microaggressions in racially charged patient-provider interactions: a pilot randomized trial (Open Access)
• Work experiences of ethnic minority nurses: a qualitative study (Open Access)
• Barriers and facilitators in accessing dementia care by ethnic minority groups: a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies (Open Access)
• The Progress and Outcomes of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Nurses and Midwives through the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Fitness to Practise Process (.PDF)
• Time for nursing to eradicate hair discrimination (.PDF)
• The complexities of race and health (download the PDF).
• Joint Committee Report: Black people, racism and human rights (report and oral evidence transcripts available)
• Experiences of and attitudes towards HIV testing for Asian, Black and Latin American men who have sex with men (MSM) in the SELPHI (HIV Self‐Testing Public Health Intervention) randomized controlled trial in England and Wales: implications for HIV self-testing (Open Access)
• Does ethnicity affect pain management for people with advanced disease? A mixed methods cross-national systematic review of ‘very high’ Human Development Index English-speaking countries (Open Access)
• Ethnic Inequalities in Healthcare: A Rapid Evidence Review - NHS Race & Health Observatory 
• Pulse Oximeter Bias Highlighted in Rapid Review - NHS Race & Health Observatory
• Racial Bias in Pulse Oximetry Measurement (Correspondence)
• The Black Maternity Experiences Report - FIVEXMORE
• Inquiry into racial injustice in maternity care - Birthrights
• Ethnic disparities in health & social care workers’ exposure, protection, and clinical management of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK (Open Access)
• BAME: A report on the use of the term and responses to it (.PDF) - Birmingham City University
• Over half of ethnic minority NHS leaders consider quitting due to racism (Paywall)
• Mind the Gap: A handbook of clinical signs in Black and Brown skin (free digital ebook)
• Racial discrimination and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Open Access)
• MBRRACE-UK Saving Lives Improving Mothers' Care - Lessons learned to inform maternity care from the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity 2018-20 (report page includes the full report as a PDF, plus a summary, infographic, and a core report).
• Mapping existing policy interventions to tackle ethnic health inequalities in maternal and neonatal health in England - NHS Race & Health Observatory (summary and full PDF report available on the page).
• The Lancet Series on racism, xenophobia, discrimination, and health - Selected papers.
• Medical Workforce Race Equality Standard – a commitment to collaborate - NHS England

Support and Advocacy Groups

• FIVEXMORE - This group is committed to changing maternal health outcomes for Black women in the UK.
• The Black, African and Asian Therapy Network (BAATN)
• Refugee Action - This charity supports refugees who wish to settle in the UK. In particular their Refugee Voices page is a helpful resource for understanding the lived experiences of those seeking asylum in the UK.
• The Runnymede Trust - An independent think tank focusing on race equality in the UK.
• Equality 4 Black Nurses - This group is working to reduce and eliminate racism in healthcare by supporting staff and lobbying governments and employers.
• Black & Brown Skin - Founded by medical student Malone Mukwende, this platform aims to educate clinical staff on the presentation of various conditions on black and brown skin. It includes free digital copies of Mukwende's book "Mind the Gap", along with online resources.

News and blogs

• Amin Abdullah: Nurse who set himself on fire 'unfairly dismissed' - BBC News
• NMC asks regulator to step in after nurse who made racial slurs about co-workers is not struck off - Nursing Notes.
• Black women found to be at 40% increased risk of miscarriage compared to White women - Research published in The Lancet and discussed in this article from charity Tommy's shows that Black women have a higher risk of miscarriage, which itself carries higher risks of depression and physical health problems in later life.
• Race Still Matters - Royal College of Midwives.
• In conversation with: Dame Elizabeth Anionwu - Royal College of Nursing magazine.
• Black Mothers' Lives Still Matter - Royal College of Midwives.
• Podcast series: Nursing while black - Royal College of Nursing.
• Stillbirths higher for black and Asian babies in the UK - BBC News.
• Miscarriage: 'I was in pain and they did not listen' - BBC News
• Review reveals 'vast' ethnic inequalities in NHS services - BBC News.
• Health academics from Middlesex University demand an end to 'hair racism' in the NHS (University of Middlesex) (Read the PDF report).
• Are you listening? Black Voices on Contraception Choice and Access to Services - The Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare.
• 'I was repeatedly ignored' - report finds maternity racism - BBC News
• Nursing while Black: How racism is killing nurses (Youtube video) - Professor Calvin Moorley at London South Bank University.
• White NHS nurses twice as likely as black and Asian colleagues to be promoted - The Guardian
• NHS trust supported the physical racist attack on a Black Nurse by her white senior colleague - Equality 4 Black Nurses
• WRES report warns of ‘disadvantage’ facing Black nurses - Nursing Times
• Racism embedded in NHS organisational culture and norms prevents progress on healthcare staff inequities - King's College London News Centre
• Racism: we have to stop looking the other way - Roger Kline

General resources

• Discrimination and issues of equality and diversity within the health and care workforce - The King’s Fund
• Civil Society Report: Race and Racism in England
• School of Health & Social Care: Procedure for raising concerns in partner organisations (.docx) - In alignment with the university’s policy statement on equality, diversity and inclusion, we have created a document that sets out how our School supports students and staff who experience racism and discrimination during practice placements. You may wish to develop something similar in your place of work.
• Senior nurse wins ‘landmark’ race discrimination case against NHS - Nursing Times
• Combatting racial discrimination against minority ethnic nurses, midwives and nursing associates - NHS Engalnd