Race equality and health service management: the professional interface.

The Amicus/CPHVA Equalities Committee is working to educate and support the workforce on equity and diversity. There is a strong focus on the race equality agenda. A work pack has been developed to help members challenge racism in the work place. It can be argued that racism remains endemic within the NHS and within professional employment structures. Policy and strategic development has so far done little to challenge the situation. Practitioners must be accountable for challenging their own stance on race equality and must be active in supporting equity within the work place.