An investigation into the nature, extent and effects of racist behaviours experienced by Northern Ireland’s ethnic minority healthcare staff

Abstract

Publisher's description: Northern Ireland has recently experienced a growth in the minority ethnic population and in the number of racist hate crimes. Although there is a substantial number of minority ethnic people working in both the public and private there was no indication of the scale of racist harassment and abuse within the health sector in Northern Ireland. As a result of the increase in minority ethnic employees and in recognition of the lack of research on the levels of racism in the health service the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) commissioned the Institute for Conflict Research (ICR) to investigate the nature, extent and effects of racist behaviours experienced by Northern Ireland’s ethnic minority healthcare staff. This report documents the findings from the research.