MIN_03EngagingMinoritised Ethnic Communities
Introduce Basic Race and Health Awareness Training
Summary
Provide foundational training to ensure all practice staff understand race, racism, anti-racism and racial and ethnic disparities in primary care experience and health outcomes.
Supporting information
Understanding how racism operates in healthcare is essential for addressing ethnic health inequalities. Training helps staff recognise and challenge both interpersonal and systemic racism affecting patient care.
Approaches to implementation:
- Provide mandatory training on racism and health for all staff roles
- Include local data showing ethnic health inequalities in your practice area
- Address unconscious bias while focusing on systemic and structural racism
- Create safe spaces for staff to discuss and reflect on these challenging topics
- Follow training with concrete actions to embed anti-racist practice
Key benefits: Builds team capacity to recognise and address racism in healthcare, reduces discriminatory practices that harm patient care, and positions the practice as actively anti-racist rather than passively non-racist.