The BMA 2022 report 'Delivering Racial Equality in the NHS' found:

• Racism is pervasive within medicine both at a personal and institutional level and this is having a direct impact on doctor retention. Over three quarters (76%) of respondents experienced racism in their workplace on at least one occasion in the last two years.

• Ethnic minorities experience institutional barriers to career progression despite making up 41.9% of the medical workforce (53,157 as of 2020).

• Doctors are experiencing racial discrimination from colleagues and patients, and this is significantly under-reported due to perceptions of negative repercussions. There is also a lack of support from institutions in reporting racist behaviour.

• This issue is causing a growing mental health burden on ethnic minority doctors.

We know that high value Medical Education can only thrive in areas that provide supportive and inclusive training. We hope that the resources here will help each of us work with our teams to provide an inclusive training environment. If you have any suggestions for resources or examples of positive improvement work that will help others then please do let us know.

Together we can make a difference.