BLACK NURSES are not being promoted to top jobs within the NHS despite making up a fifth of the workforce, a report has found.
The Nursing Standard, the UK’s leading nursing journal, compiled the data after sending Freedom of Information (FoI) requests to 40 NHS trusts.
It discovered that at eight of the 40 organisations there were no black or ethnic minority (BME) nurses in most senior ¬¬¬– Band 8 ¬¬¬– positions which pay between £46,621 to £97, 478.
Department of Health figures show that 94 per cent of nursing directors in 140 NHS trusts across England are white.
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The Nursing Standard, the UK’s leading nursing journal, compiled the data after sending Freedom of Information (FoI) requests to 40 NHS trusts.
It discovered that at eight of the 40 organisations there were no black or ethnic minority (BME) nurses in most senior ¬¬¬– Band 8 ¬¬¬– positions which pay between £46,621 to £97, 478.
Department of Health figures show that 94 per cent of nursing directors in 140 NHS trusts across England are white.
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