{"id":92041,"date":"2026-07-18T14:13:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T14:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=92041"},"modified":"2026-07-18T14:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T14:13:31","slug":"black-doctors-in-england-four-times-less-likely-to-get-training-places-than-white-counterparts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/07\/18\/black-doctors-in-england-four-times-less-likely-to-get-training-places-than-white-counterparts\/","title":{"rendered":"Black doctors in England four times less likely to get training places than white counterparts"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA2808Ue.img?w=768&h=615&m=6\" alt=\"The report suggests systemic racism and implicit bias are factors in why black doctors are less likely to be selected after being shortlisted. Photograph: AndreyPopov\/Getty Images\" width=\"704\" height=\"564\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Black doctors in England are four times less likely to be offered a training place than their white counterparts, according to analysis.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/other\/black-doctors-in-england-four-times-less-likely-to-get-training-places-than-white-counterparts\/ar-AA27ZCYS?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6a5b7197c052444cadb31bd41f0e056d&ei=20\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Black doctors in England are four times less likely to be offered a training place than their white counterparts, according to analysis&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nhs-app.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92042,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92041\/revisions\/92042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}