Ethnic Diversity – equal access to education and leadership opportunities for all

Project Overview

NIPEC is responsible for monitoring and reviewing the access to education for the ethnically diverse workforces of nurses, midwives, AHPs and their support staff in Health and Social Care Trusts. NIPEC completed a baseline survey in June 2022 and a follow-up survey in December 2022 to monitor the access to education. Read the survey report March 2023.  In December 2022 the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) also requested NIPEC to set up a regional collaborative to support the progression of “equal access to education and leadership opportunities for all”.  The collaborative met 28 March 2024. View the Powerpoint presentation .(PDF)

An update report was shared at the first meeting of NIPEC Project Board for Ethnic Diversity Co-Chaired by Beena Tharun, Assistant Services Manager, BHSCT and Cathy Lavery, Head of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, SHSCT  Read the update report March 2024.

NIPEC’s Project Board is taking forward the outcomes of the ethnic diversity staff and organisational surveys. NIPEC Professional Officers in the Trusts & Independent Sectors continue to help to support the work of the Project Board. The next Project Board meeting is being held on 30 September 2025.

Resources

The UK ENIC site is useful for those needing to check the comparability of education.

Read here about UKENIC

The NMC has a pathway to support internationally educated nurses or midwives joining the register who have been forcibly displaced from their country eg a Refugee or Asylum Seeker

https://www.nmc.org.uk/registration/joining-the-register/information-for-forcibly-displaced-persons-about-applying-to-join-our-register/

Frequently Asked Questions about ENIC available below together with related documents.

Contact

Senior Professional Officer for this project: Cathy McCusker