Doctors and medical students

Professional bodies guidance

• Royal College of General Practitioners Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Plan 2020-2023 (.PDF)
• The NHS Race & Health Observatory.
• Medical Workforce Race Equality Standard – a commitment to collaborate - NHS England
• Tackling racism at a strategic and systemic level in your organisation - Royal College of Psychiatrists

Policies and statements

• Supporting equality and fighting racism for a healthier world - British Medical Journal (BMJ)
• Adopting an anti-racist medical curriculum
• Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists Position Statement: Racial disparities in women’s healthcare (.PDF)
• NHS Equality & Diversity Council
• Royal College of Surgeons statement: Diversity at the heart of the College
• British Medical Association condemns Sewell race report

Research and reports

• Fair to Refer? Reducing disproportionality in fitness to practise concerns reported to the GMC (.PDF)
• Special edition: Racism in medicine (Open Access)
• Briefing Paper: The impact of racism on mental health (.PDF)
• An independent review on diversity and inclusion for the Royal College of Surgeons of England (.PDF)
• Disparities in the risk and outcomes of COVID-19 (.PDF)
• This is our lane: talking with patients about racism (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)
• Barriers and facilitators in accessing dementia care by ethnic minority groups: a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies (Open Access)
• The complexities of race and health (download the PDF).
• Joint Committee Report: Black people, racism and human rights (report and oral evidence transcripts available)
• “I have to do twice as well” – managing everyday racism in a Swedish medical school (Open Access)
• 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
• 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)
• Delivering racial equality in medicine - British Medical Association (Open Access)
• Mind the Gap: A handbook of clinical signs in Black and Brown skin (free digital ebook)
• How medical education holds back health equity (The Lancet)
• Racial discrimination and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Open Access)
• 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.

Support and Advocacy Groups

• 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.
• 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

• New observatory will set out actions to tackle racism “within months,” say campaigners - British Medical Journal.
• NHS 'riddled with racism' against ethnic minority doctors - 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.
• NHS racism making doctors 'anxious and depressed' - BBC News.
• 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.