Social Inequality and BME Staff: Evaluating NHS England Policies

This report investigates the persistent issue of discrimination against Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) staff within NHS England, despite various legislative efforts like the Race Relations Act 2000 and the Health and Social Care Act 2013. It aims to understand the concept of discrimination, analyze the situation of BME staff, and evaluate NHS England's policies. A qualitative analysis approach, supported by an exhaustive literature review, reveals that discriminatory practices continue to affect approximately 6% of staff, particularly in recruitment. While NHS England has implemented punitive measures and targets to promote equality, resistance and varying perceptions of equality persist. The report concludes by recommending that addressing social inequality is crucial for improving living standards and strategic decisions related to economic conditions, health, gender, age, and income.

Research project

Introduction
 Discrimination against black and minority ethnic (BME) staff in the UK in
access to employment, in opportunities once employed, and treatment in
employment, is long standing and well evidenced.
 Specific statutory changes, such as the Race Relations Act 2000 and other policy
initiatives were all attempts aimed at encouraging equality in recruitment and
treatment of BME staff by the NHS.
 Yet little has changed. Prompted by the awareness that the problem of
discriminatory selection was still being practised within some trusts, very radical
changes were introduced in 2013 via the Health and Social Care Act.
 This was followed in the same year by the review of the Public Sector Equality
Duty.

Aim and Objective
 Discrimination by appointment
 To know the concept of Discrimination
 To analyse the concept of BME
 To evaluate the policies and legislation of the NHS England for
BME

RESEARCH DESIGN
 In this study, to gain the detailed understanding of the research title i.e. "Social
Inequality" qualitative analysis method is adopted because it helps the researcher
to collect and analyse the data in more appropriate and effective manner in order
to solve the research problem.
 In addition, to make the research more relevant and get exceptional outcomes
exhaustive literature review was conducted.
 The reason behind conducting the literature review is that it provides recent
knowledge that includes substantive outcomes as well as methodological and
theoretical contributions to the particular research title
 At last, on the basis of the literature review, the findings of the research would be
gained by critically analyse and evaluate all the researchers involved in the
study.

DATA COLLECTION
 The impact of NHS has taken into an account as it is unclear on the basis of the
counter race discrimination. An audit was conducted and was collectively found
that the people suffering from this kind of practices are around 6 per-cents.
 It implies that after the programme level that began in 2003 such issues related
to employment is still continued in NHS. Even the challenge that people from
ethnic and minor group facing related to the recruitment is still a significant
issue.
 Initially key phrases or keywords utilized to collect the data then they are getting
various research papers for the study initial screening was done on the basis of
their abstract, research question, aims and objectives and conclusion (England,
2013).
 At last, the databases and resources used in the research include PsycINFO,
PubMed, CINAHL, MEDLINE and much more (Liamputtong, 2013).

RESEARCH METHODS
NHS England has around 162 acute trusts and around them, research has been made
that is provided to the peer observations and on the basis of the literature review
that the terms of the number of white and BME applicants and shortlisted
candidates and appointees to vacancies in past year is studied. The data available
are:
 Beyond 2010
 Presenting number of percentages
 It includes the BME and whites applicants appointed and shortlisted details as to
judge the disadvantages factors

FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS

Contd..

CONCLUSION
 Most of the people would agree that society should aim to be more equal,
complete equality within a capitalist society which is not possible.
 Therefore, NHS England who has been uprooted with the similar issues have
developed the punitively enforced targets to control their track record and
shaping new culture for the NHS.
 On the other hand some people are not accepting and implementing these
activities which are being organised by the National health organisation.
 They think that minorities and black people are not equal to them, thus they
should not be treated as they are being treated.
 But some policies are made such as WRES has been designed to keep those
practices deeply engaged with the time period.

Recommendation
 It can be Recommend that the social inequality has impacted the living
standards of the society and has major affected the strategic decisions
that were incorporated to reduce this kind of issues that are in much
practice in every organisation but turns out to be more severe which was
tried to nullify through taking different measures to overcome those
issues that are related to economic and social conditions, health, gender,
age, income etc.

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