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Creating an Anti-Racism Environment

Occupational Therapists

A woman wearing glasses and an orange headscarf watches as someone out of shot uses her arm to demonstrate how to add a splint.

As an Occupational Therapist your job takes you to a range of different settings and requires you to work within a group of wider support staff.

We have gathered a selection of resources and additional reading that can help you become more aware of the issues of racism in occupational therapy, and support you if you are an OT who has experienced racism.

Some of the resources created for the Dare to CARE project feature accounts of racism experienced by individuals. These scenarios are anonymised, but have been created using real stories taken from a range of sources.

Policies and statements

Research and reports

Working hard to belong: a qualitative study exploring students from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds experiences of pre-registration physiotherapy education
Racial discrimination and health: a prospective study of ethnic minorities in the United Kingdom
Addressing microaggressions in racially charged patient-provider interactions: a pilot randomized trial
The complexities of race and health (download the PDF).
Joint Committee Report: Black people, racism and human rights (report and oral evidence transcripts available)
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
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)
Medical Workforce Race Equality Standard – a commitment to collaborate - NHS England

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.

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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.

"We need a greater understanding of the complexities of racism, such as micro-aggressions, and to highlight how to empower people to become vocal and not tolerate racism in any form."

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