Abstract
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Rao
M
Kar
P
Nayar
V
Al-Haddad
M.
The Medical Workforce Race Equality Standard Five Years On . London : Northwest London Applied Research Collaborations and the Ethnicity and Health Unit, Imperial College London , 2025 .
2.Department of Health and Social Care . NHS 10-Year Plan . London : Department of Health and Social Care , 2025 .
3.
Mahase
E.
New indicators will track doctors’ careers to expose racism . BMJ 2020 ; 370 : m3659.
4.NHS England . Medical Workforce Race Equality Standard 2020 Data Report . London : NHS England , 2021. See https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/medical-workforce-race-equality-standard-2020-data-report/ (last checked 17 September 2025).
5.NHS England . Medical WRES – A Commitment to Collaborate; the First Five . London : NHS England , 2023. See https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/medical-wres-a-commitment-to-collaborate/ (last checked 17 September 2025).
6.General Medical Council . Equality, diversity and inclusion . Targets, progress and priorities for 2024. London : GMC , 2024. See https://www.gmc-uk.Org/-/media/documents/equality-diversity-and-inclusion—targets-progress-and-priorities-for-2024_pdf-108776261.pdf (last checked 16 September 2025).
7.General Medical Council . Tackling disadvantage in medical education . Manchester : General Medical Council , 2023 . See https://www.gmc-uk.Org/-/media/documents/96887270_tackling-disadvantage-in-medical-education-020323.pdf (last checked 17 September 2025).
8.General Medical Council . GMC Data Explorer . London : GMC , 2024 . See, https://gde.gmc-uk.org/ (last checked 18 September 2025).
9.Medical Schools Council . Staffing Levels of Medical Clinical Academics . London : MSC , 2024 . See https://www.medschools.ac.uk/what-we-do/championing-clinical-academia-and-research/clinical-academic-survey/ (last checked 17 September 2025).
10.Medical Schools Council . Fostering Potential: 10 Years on from Selecting for Excellence . London : MSC , 2024. See https://www.medschools.ac.uk/latest/publications/fostering-potential-10-years-on-from-selecting-for-excellence/ (last checked 15 September 2025).
11.NHS England . Workforce Race Equality Standard 2024 Data Analysis Report for NHS Trusts . London : NHS England , 2025. See https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-workforce-race-equality-standard-2024-data-analysis-report-for-nhs-trusts/ (last checked 16 September 2025).
12.
Ireland
B.
Doctors deserve ‘better employers’ to improve working conditions, says health secretary . The Doctor 12 June , 2025. See https://thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/life-at-work/doctors-deserve-better-employers-to-improve-working-conditions-says-health-secretary/ (last checked 1 July 2025).
13.
Powell
RA
Bhui
K
Singh
N
Rao
M
Sathyamoorthy
G.
A decade of deprioritisation? Ethnicity and health in the 10-year NHS plan . J R Soc Med 2025 . DOI: 10.1177/01410768251366877 .