Bias in NMC referrals: which nurses are most at risk?

Black and Asian nurses are more likely to face fitness to practise proceedings, and also to have their cases dropped early. What are the barriers to ending the bias?

• The percentage of referrals related to nurses and midwives of black ethnicity is at nearly double the proportion of black nurses on the register
• Advice on how you can challenge or report racism, and the steps managers can take to ensure concerns raised are considered fairly
• More needs to be done to improve the draining FtP referrals process and to challenge vexatious cases, say experts, and many cases could be better handled locally

Every day, on average, two black nurses are referred to the