Workforce Race Equality Standard 2021 - 2022

The NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) provides a framework for ensuring that Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff receive fair treatment in the workplace and have equal access to career opportunities. The data presented provides an overview of the Trust’s performance again the 9 WRES indicators.

Publication date:: 01 October 2020
Date range:: October 2020 - October 2021

Indicator 1

Percentage of staff in each of the Agenda for Change (AfC) Bands 1-9 and Very Senior Manager (VSM) (including Executive Board members) compared with the percentage of staff in the overall workforce.

Objective

This indicator is also demonstrating how, over the next three years, the Board and senior staffing will at least match the overall black, Asian and minority ethnic composition of our overall workforce population as at 23.5% in 2021/22.

At 23.5%, this indicator is achieving KMPT’s target of 22% (based on the representation of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff in KMPT’s overall workforce population in 2020). Representation in 2021/2022 shows 1.75% BAME staff were in non-clinical Band 7 and above roles compared to white staff at 16.8%.

In clinical roles representation in 2021/2022 shows 4.48% BAME staff in clinical roles Band 7 and above compared to staff at 18.3%.

Analysis

As of 31/03/2022 Black, Asian and minority ethnic staff 23.5%

white staff 72.5 and an increase in the null/’not stated’ to 4%

Non-Clinical

Band 7 and above

BAME = 1.75%
White = 16.8%
Unknown = 0.29%

Clinical

Band 7 and above

BAME = 4.48%
White = 18.3%
Unknown = 0.65%

WRES action 1

Work with senior managers in these areas to develop plans to identify the underlying reasons and potential solutions and potential blockages to staff applying to senior management positions particular in non-clinical roles.

Lead

D&I Practitioner
Senior Managers HRBPs
Workforce information