Re: Fewer ethnic minority doctors are referred to GMC after cases are anonymised
Dear Editor,
There has been negligible national media coverage and minimal response in the BMJ since the publication two weeks ago of what should ordinarily be a piece of welcome news. This deafening silence speaks volumes considering the broad readership of the BMJ. One cannot but wonder whether the apparent silence is because of disinterest by the majority or the minority’s lack of faith in the system to effect significant changes following the piece of work and positive outcomes.
Hopefully, other trusts across the UK will work with the NHS’s workforce race equality standard to tackle racial inequality and discrimination issues concerning doctors and other healthcare professionals to eventually make the national picture mirror the East of England’s.
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Re: Fewer ethnic minority doctors are referred to GMC after cases are anonymised
Dear Editor,
There has been negligible national media coverage and minimal response in the BMJ since the publication two weeks ago of what should ordinarily be a piece of welcome news. This deafening silence speaks volumes considering the broad readership of the BMJ. One cannot but wonder whether the apparent silence is because of disinterest by the majority or the minority’s lack of faith in the system to effect significant changes following the piece of work and positive outcomes.
Hopefully, other trusts across the UK will work with the NHS’s workforce race equality standard to tackle racial inequality and discrimination issues concerning doctors and other healthcare professionals to eventually make the national picture mirror the East of England’s.
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