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Practical guide to ethnic monitoring in the NHS and social care
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Document type:Guidance
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Author:Department of Health,health and social care information centre,NHS employers
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Published date:29 July 2005
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Primary audience:Professionals
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Publication format:Electronic only
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Pages:61
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Copyright holder:Crown
This practical guide promotes the standard collection and use of ethnic group and related data on patients, service users and staff of the NHS and social services. It updates and widens previous guidane issued in 2002. It features a range of good practice examples drawn from various parts of the NHS and social care. Through using this guide, the NHS and social services will be assisted in meeting their responsibilities under the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000.
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- Collecting ethnic category data: guidance and training material for implementation of the new ethnic categories from April 2001
The guide will be updated every six months to reflect Department of Health policies and to refresh service and workforce data.
We would be pleased to receive further examples of good practice relating to the areas covered in the guidance.
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