Kings Fund, November 2015
- The report uses data from the NHS Staff Survey is to assess the scale of inequalities in the NHS and address the question of how to make a difference at individual, team, organisational and national levels.
- Key findings
- Overall, levels of reported discrimination vary significantly by type of trust, location, gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion and disability status.
- Reported levels of discrimination are highest in ambulance trusts.
- Overall, women are less likely to report experiencing discrimination than men (except in the case of ambulance trusts).
- Older staff are less likely to report experiencing discrimination than younger staff.
- Reported levels of discrimination are highest for Black employees and lowest for White employees; all other non-White groups are far more likely to report experiencing discrimination than White employees.
- People from all religions report discrimination on the basis of their faith, but this is by far the highest among Muslims.
- Disabled staff report very high levels of discrimination; levels of reported discrimination are highest among all the protected characteristics groups.
