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EPISODE · Jul 21, 2026 · 45 MIN

Measuring ethnicity in research, NHS job discrimination, and how medicine led evidence revolution

from Medicine and Science from The BMJ · host The BMJ

Discrimination in NHS Hiring: We examine the troubling success rates of Black and Asian doctors when applying for NHS jobs. Deputy news editor, Gareth Iacobucci speaks to Anthony Emmanushares his analysis on why discrimination persists in the medical workforce and what recent reports reveal. The Ethnicity Data Gap in Research: While sex and gender are reported in 99% of trials, ethnicity is reported in only 48%. Bianca Brijnath, Professor of Health Communication in Society at La Trobe University, joins us to discuss a newly published framework aimed at standardizing the capture and reporting of ethnicity data in clinical trials. The Evidence Revolution: We celebrate how evidence-based medicine (EBM) has set the gold standard for other areas of science. Mun-Keat Looi, The BMJ’s International News and Features Editor, speaks with Nature editor and science journalist Helen Pearson about her new book, Beyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really Works. Reading List Black and Asian doctors are up to 30 times less likely to be offered medical training posts in some specialties, data show  Measurement of ethnicity in clinical trials: Delphi survey and consensus statement  Beyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really Works by Helen Pearson

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