Thank you for the care and humanity you continue to show your patients and colleagues every day

 

We recognise that recent racist, geopolitical and societal events — including antisemitic attacks in North London, ongoing conflict and instability across the world, and wider expressions of misogyny and discrimination — may be distressing and unsettling for many within our community.

Our postgraduate community is diverse, international, and deeply interconnected. Events such as these can affect people personally, emotionally, culturally, and professionally, whether directly or indirectly. We want to reaffirm that everyone deserves to feel safe, respected, and supported within our learning and working environment.

Please remember that support is available if you are finding recent events difficult. We encourage you to reach out to your educational supervisors, programme leads, occupational health services, Freedom to speak up guardians, wellbeing teams, or trusted colleagues if you would value support or simply someone to talk to.

You can also contact the EDI team, regionally, through the safe spaces area - https://heeoe.hee.nhs.uk/node/10107/ or our through our EDI email – england.edi.eoe@nhs.net

We also ask everyone to continue fostering an environment of compassion, professionalism, and respect for one another, especially during periods of heightened tension and uncertainty.

 

 

 

 

Who are we?

 

We are the Differential Attainment team, focused on tackling unexplained variation in performance and achievement between groups who share a protected characteristic and those who do not share the same characteristic, for example, ethnicity, gender, upbringing, neurodiversity and disability.

Our aim is to improve the training experience in East of England by addressing issues which fall under the Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity umbrella.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What do we do?

 

Our key projects aimed to mitigate differential attainment in the East of England are detailed below.  We have projects focusing on Educators and Learners. 

 

• EDI VR videos

                      Our team has developed VR videos addressing different EDI issues. They intend to make watchers think, feel and reflect. 

Click on "How would you react?" to watch the clips. 

 

• Enhanced Induction Day

           Aimed at International Medical Graduates (IMG), the induction day helps trainees get accustomed with their new working environments aligned with GMC guidance. 

Join us at our next events in 2026: 15 September

Join us on the next event: 9 September 2026 - Please use this QR code to read more details and sign up

Please contact england.mti.eoe@nhs.net or click on "Onboarding IMGs" (above) for further details 

 

• Next Educator Workshop -  Further details will be shared shortly

 

• Resources for learners, educators and HR​

                      Our team develops materials for learners, educators, HR and medical staffing. 

Click on "Resources for learners and educators" for further information about our educators' development days.

                      Access our "enhanced induction guidelines for NHS Trusts" and the "De-biasing toolkit for recruitment processes".

 

• Safe spaces for raising concerns

​                      We now have a form on this website where you can raise concerns in a safe space.

Please click on the safe spaces area to know more about the pathway to raise concerns. 

 

• S.T.A.R. Course 

Synergy, Time management, Art/Empathy in medicine, Resilience and Recovery.

A comprehensive course to help trainees along the so-called hidden curriculum (unwritten rules and unspoken expectations)

Next sessions: Day 1 - 2 October 2026 / Day 2 - 13 November 2026 / Day 3 - 4 December 2026 / Day 4 - 15 January 2027

Click on "Onboarding IMGs" (above) for further details 

 

• The East of England EDI Reciprocal Mentoring Program (RMP)

Open to trainees, educators, clinicians and managers who are motivated to drive meaningful change and are willing to reflect on, question and challenge their own assumptions.

 

• Thriving in the UK

Join our newly released 3-hour interactive workshop designed to support international doctors who are already working in the NHS and have previously attending the GMC Welcome to UK Practice workshop

Join us on the next event: 9 September 2026 - Please use this QR code to read more details and sign up

Click on "Onboarding IMGs" (above) for further details

 

 

 

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