NHS staff experience of discrimination by patients by ethnicity 2018-2022

Around 8.3 percent of NHS staff in England experienced discrimination from patient or a person connected to that patient/service user in 2022. Since 2018, experienced discrimination among NHS staff has increased. However, discrimination is experienced far more common by staff with other ethnic background than White, with roughly one in five staff of ethnic background saying they experienced discrimination from patients in 2022.

Share of NHS staff that experienced discrimination from patients/service users, their relatives or other members of the public in England from 2018 to 2022, by ethnicity

Characteristic	Total	White staff	Staff from all other ethnic groups combined
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Release date

March 2023

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2015 to 2022

Number of respondents

470 thousand to 600 thousand

Special properties

NHS staff

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

The results show the percentage of respondents agreeing with statement "In the last 12 months have you personally experienced discrimination at work from patients / service users, their relatives or other members of the public?"

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