Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Last updated: September 2025
Library resources
The library has wide range of books and e-books on a variety of topics, including equality, diversity and inclusion. Search the catalogue at the link below.
NHS England provides a collection of diversity e-books available to all NHS staff. When accessing a full text, log in with your NHS Athens account.
Keep updated
The national Workforce, Training and Education team also produce an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) bulletin that contains a weekly summary of news and research.
EDI in the NHS
- NHS Learning Academy: Equality, diversity and inclusion resources.
- NHS Employers: Anti-racism in the NHS hub.
- NHS England: NHS equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) improvement plan (updated November 2023).
Guidance
- Culture of care standards for mental health inpatient services – updated to include autism-informed, culturally competenty, and trauma-informed and harm-aware care (updated October 2025).
Health Inequalities
Health inequalities are “[…]unfair and avoidable differences in health across the population, and between different groups within society. They arise because of the conditions in which we are born, grow, live, work and age. These conditions influence how we think, feel and act and can impact both our physical and mental health and wellbeing. Within this wider context, healthcare inequalities are about the access people have to health services and their experience and outcomes.” (NHS England)
Resources
- NHS England: The Equality and Health Inequalities Hub.
- Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership: Tackling health inequalities – Report on health equity in Cheshire and Merseyside.
- The King’s Fund: Tackling health inequalities: seven priorities for the NHS.
- Health Equity Evidence Centre – Evidence maps, briefings, and other resources based on research into health inequalities.
- NHS Race and Health Observatory (NHS RHO)