NHS staff that experienced discrimination by patients England 2018-2023, by ethnicity

Published by Jenny Yang, May 8, 2024

Around 8.48 percent of NHS staff in England experienced discrimination from a patient or a person connected to that patient/service user in 2023. 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 members of ethnic background saying they experienced discrimination from patients in 2023.

Share of NHS staff that experienced discrimination from patients/service users, their relatives or other members of the public in England from 2018 to 2023, by ethnicity

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Release date

March 2024

Region

Europe, United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2018 to 2023

Number of respondents

707,460 respondents

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NHS staff

Method of interview

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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?"

The number of respondents for the following years:
2018 n= 480,540
2019 n= 551,420
2020 n = 570,607
2021 n = 619,108
2022 n = 636,348

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