NIHR Race Equality Framework Pilot
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has launched a Race Equality Framework pilot for health research organisations to assess their racial competence in health research. As part of the pilot, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, in partnership with the University of Birmingham, will be one of sixteen organisations taking part in the three-month trial ahead of the wider roll-out of the framework in 2022.
The Birmingham Infrastructures participating in the pilot are:
- NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre
- NIHR Trauma Management MedTech Co-operative (Trauma MIC)
- NIHR /Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility Birmingham (CRF)
- NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC)
- NIHR Applied Research Collaboration West Midlands (ARC WM)
The new framework is a reflective self-assessment tool looking at an organisation’s culture, policies and practices. The aim is to assess what changes can be made to improve race relations and better serve diverse communities. The framework was developed by the NIHR Race Equality Public Action Group (REPAG) following public consultations hosted by people of Black, African, Asian and Caribbean heritage.
The pilot aims to support the NIHR’s work in addressing health inequities in research by delivering research that is representative of the whole population in order to meet the needs of the wider population.
Read more about the pilot in the official NIHR news story.
