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Rakhi Chand, Doctoral Researcher, University of Manchester

Discrimination is the biggest career obstacle for women of colour in the NHS – new research

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In March 2023, NHS midwife Olukemi Akinmeji won an employment tribunal case against the hospital in Kent where, as an employee, she had faced race discrimination and victimisation.

That same month, Michelle Cox, a healthcare manager and senior nurse, won a case against NHS England and NHS Improvement Commissioning in Manchester. She too had faced racial discrimination.

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