Implementing the NIHR Oxford Health BRC’s equality, diversity and inclusion strategy: a mapping and scoping project

Report

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) published its first equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategy in 2023. This 5-year strategy aims to establish and enhance the evidence base for EDI, including data collection processes to enhance the diversity of research participants and the workforce.

The NIHR has started to collect protected characteristics data from applicants for research funding. Although the collection of the data is optional, it could become mandatory in the future.

At the Public Mental Health Implementation Centre (PMHIC), we undertook a mapping and scoping project to provide Oxford Health BRC partners with insights into data collection for EDI purposes at the local level and identify any challenges and opportunities. This report also proposes solutions to overcoming possible ethical dilemmas, as well as enablers and barriers to implementing the BRC’s EDI strategy.

Authors: Papageorgiou, V; Greenwood, H; Taylor, C; Ernest, N

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Reviewed (other)
• Publisher: Public Mental Health Implementation Centre
• Publication date: 2024-04-01
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-xk824z4yo
• Language: English
• Keywords: challenges; ethical dilemmas; National Institute for Health and Care Research; equality diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategy; opportunities; Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre; data collection methodology