MIN_01EngagingMinoritised Ethnic Communities
Identify Ethnic Minority Patients in the Practice Population
Summary
Use practice systems and coding to identify patients from ethnically and racially minoritised groups to support equity-focused service planning and care delivery.
Supporting information
Accurate ethnicity recording makes health inequalities visible and enables targeted action. Without this data, significant disparities in care and outcomes remain hidden, preventing effective responses to ethnic health inequalities.
Approaches to implementation:
- Review completeness of current ethnicity data in practice systems
- Implement respectful processes for collecting ethnicity data at registration and reviews
- Use appropriate ethnicity categories that reflect your local population
- Train staff on why ethnicity data matters for addressing health inequalities
- Ensure data collection emphasises improving care, not surveillance
Key benefits: Makes ethnic health inequalities visible and measurable, enables targeted quality improvement for groups experiencing poorer outcomes, and demonstrates commitment to addressing racism in healthcare.