```NHS chief people officer Prerana Issar, who recently joined from the United Nations, wrote: ‘It is not acceptable that if you come from some backgrounds, you are more likely to enter the formal disciplinary process, stay in it longer and have more career-limiting outcomes. We must change this and quickly.’
A new document gives NHS trusts what it calls ‘aspirational goals’ to reduce the likelihood of BME staff being referred for disciplinary action, so the rates are more in line with white staff.
But there is concern that setting arbitrary targets could let medics who pose a real threat to patients escape investigation.
```
