No / Background/Aims This article investigates the representation of black, Asian and minority ethnic
staff in NHS disciplinary proceedings.
Methods The study involved an in-depth knowledge review and analysis of literature on the
representation of black, Asian and minority ethnic staff in NHS disciplinary proceedings from
2008 to 2017, as well as semi-structured interviews with 15 key stakeholders. Participants were
stakeholders from both primary and secondary care and included equality and diversity leads,
human resource professionals, NHS service managers, representatives of trade unions and health
professional regulatory council representatives.
Findings The knowledge review indicates that to date, black, Asian and minority ethnic staff are
disproportionately represented in NHS disciplinary proceedings. Evidence gathered demonstrates
the continuation of inappropriate individual disciplinary action and failure to address
organisational shortcomings against black, Asian and minority ethnic members of staff.
Conclusions Overall, six factors were identified as underpinning the disproportionate
representation of black minority ethnic staff in disciplinaries: closed culture and climate;
subjective attitudes and behaviour; inconclusive disciplinary data; unfair decision making; poor
disciplinary support; and disciplinary policy misapplication.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/17780 |
| Date | 22 April 2020 |
| Creators | Archibong, Uduak E., Kline, R., Eshareturi, Cyril, McIntosh, Bryan |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article, No full-text in the repository |
| Relation | https://doi.org/10.12968/bjhc.2018.0062 |
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