Race at Work Charter

Race at Work Charter

DHSC 22 October 2018

• A new to goal to eliminate the ethnicity pay gap in the NHS has been announced, with black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) representation in senior leadership to match that across the
  rest of the NHS by 2028.
• Recent NHS ethnicity pay analysis revealed ethnicity pay gaps across the NHS.
• The Race at Work Charter will recognise organisations who sign up to the 5 calls to action from the McGregor-Smith review: one year on to:
• appoint an executive sponsor for race
• capture data and publicise progress
• commit at board level to zero tolerance of harassment and bullying
• make clear that supporting equality in the workplace is the responsibility of all leaders and managers
• take action that supports ethnic minority career progression
• DHSC arm’s length bodies, including NHS England, Public Health England and Health Education England, have signed up.
• In September 2020 the NHS became one of the first public sector organisations to publish breakdowns of pay for all staff by ethnic group, with some individual trusts already publishing their own data and taking action.