Progress against our equality, diversity and inclusion targets

  1. Summary
  2. Our targets to address areas of inequality
  3. Progress against our equality, diversity and inclusion targets
  1. Making sure our processes are fair
  2. How we support equality diversity and inclusion

Our most recent Equality, diversity and inclusion: targets, progress, and priorities report outlines the progress we and others have made against our targets to:  

  • end disproportionate fitness to practice referrals by 2026
  • end inequality in medical education by 2031
  • improve the representation, progression and inclusivity of ethnic minority staff at the GMC by 2026.

It highlights how our work, and the work of others across the UK’s healthcare systems, is affecting change. It sets out the priorities as determined at the end of 2024. 

It also provides an update on our work to assure fairness in our regulatory decision making.

Read the most recent report 

Continued system-wide action is still needed

This progress report shows how continued proactive action to address inequalities is making a measurable difference. There is still more work for us, and others, to do. 

  • Fairer employer referrals - after year-on-year progress, the gap in employer referrals is continuing to narrow. The ambition to end disproportionate employer referrals appears to be achievable.
  • Fair training cultures - progress in education and training is slower, reflecting the longer lead time it takes for interventions to translate into measurable outcomes. Significant attainment gaps remain across the five key measures.
  • Inclusivity within the GMC - we're on track to meet our workforce representation target. We're focusing attention on challenging goals, such as representation at management level.
  • Assuring fairness within regulatory practice - we’ve moved from developing regulatory fairness reforms to embedding them. Anti-bias and assurance measures are now part of day-to-day regulation.  

Read reflections on the report, from Charlie Massey, Chief Executive and Registrar of the GMC

Previous reports 

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