Speech and Language Therapists

Policies and statements

• Black Lives Matter: A statement from the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
• Diversity, inclusion and anti-racism: resources, guidance and updates

Research and reports

• “Everyday Racism” in a Culture of Political Avoidance: Civil Society, Speech, and Taboo
• Foundations of equitable speech-language therapy for all: The Treaty of Waitangi and Māori health
• 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
• Does Speaker Race Affect the Assessment of Children's Speech Accuracy? A Comparison of Speech-Language Pathologists and Clinically Untrained Listeners
• The complexities of race and health (download the PDF).
• Joint Committee Report: Black people, racism and human rights (report and oral evidence transcripts available)
• Emerging professional practices focusing on reducing inequity in speech-language therapy and audiology: a scoping review protocol (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.
• National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing - This American organisation works to meet the needs of black professionals working within, and service users accessing support for, communication disorders.
• 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 including head and neck conditions

News and blogs

• Black Lives Matter in Speech-Language Pathology
• 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).
• Speech Therapy Leaves Too Many Black Voices Silent - The Lead

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.
• Anti-racism in SLT podcast mini-series - the latest episode (part 3) features, among others, Chloe Nkomo, an inspirational student advocate who Professor Winifred Eboh worked with on some survey data and, here, she discusses the findings relating to white privilege, which you might find especially interesting  
• Anti-racism in SLT report - which Chloe discusses in the above, co-supervised with Professor Winifred Eboh with colleagues from the University of Reading 
• RCSLT - programme of learning videos including from SLTs with lived experience of racism 
• RCSLT guidance on raising concerns about racism (including in education/training)
• SLT Tea Time – podcast and twitter channel “opening up discussions around race, ethnicity & the lived experiences of #SLT/#SLT2B’s from under-represented and misunderstood communities”