Ethnicity, Equality of Opportunity, and the British National Health Service

This title explores the provision of equal employment opportunities in the British National Health Service. Despite high profile national policy statements and initiative, there is evidence of long-standing racism in NHS employment practices, at the same there is little evidence of systematic attempts to implement nationally developed commitments at a local level. The text draws from a research project commissioned by the English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (ENB). The discussion of the findings of this research is placed in the context of a wider consideration of racial exclusion and equal opportunities in the NHS. In addition to highlighting these issues, the book seeks to place its discussion of policy questions in the context of a conceptual interrogation of key arguments and debates about equal opportunities and ethnic difference.