Closing the gap: a guide to addressing racial discrimination in disciplinaries

The racial 'disciplinary gap' is 'the disproportionate likelihood of ethnic minority staff entering the formal disciplinary process compared with white staff'. Despite annual measurement and reporting, the NHS racial disciplinary gap persists, with ethnic minority staff being disproportionately likely to enter formal disciplinary processes compared to their white counterparts.

NHS Providers has joined forces with our partner and leading healthcare law firm Hempsons, to create this guide, designed to increase board members' awareness and understanding of the disciplinary gap, and to provide practical advice and examples of how the gap can be reduced.