NHS staff that experienced discrimination by patients England 2018-2023, by ethnicity
Around 8.48 percent of NHS staff in England experienced discrimination from a patient or a person connected to that patient/service user in 2023. Since 2018, experienced discrimination among NHS staff has increased. However, discrimination is experienced far more common by staff with other ethnic background than White, with roughly one in five staff members of ethnic background saying they experienced discrimination from patients in 2023.