Delivering race equality: An independent inquiry into the death of David Bennett
Department of Health, January 2005
This document combines a five-year action plan for reducing inequalities in Black and minority ethnic patients’ access to, experience of, and outcomes from mental health services; and the Government response to the recommendations made by the inquiry into the death of David Bennett.
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The enigma of the Gypsy patient: Guidelines on working with Roma patients
Honer, D., RN, CEN, and Hoppie, P. RN, MSN, Modern Medicine, August 2004
This article provides an overview of some of the issues and problems experienced by healthcare professionals when working with Roma patients, and gives guidance on adapting and improving services.
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A review of black and minority ethnic (BME) employee experiences of workplace bullying
Giga, S. I.; Hoel, H.; and Lewis, D., Research Commissioned by the Dignity at Work Partnership, 2008
This report highlights the extent of black and minority ethnic employee experiences of workplace bullying, and develops a business case for tackling workplace bullying from a BME perspective. Recommendations and guidance are then presented.
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Improving support for black disabled people: Lessons from community organisations on making change happen
Singh, B., Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2005
This study reviews the JRF’s Making Change Happen Programme, which provided a year’s funding to four grassroots development organisations with a track record in providing support to black disabled people. The report sets out the learning that emerged from the four development projects, with detailed case studies from two of the projects; and practical pointers for voluntary and community organisations wishing to improve support to black and minority ethnic disabled people.
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Citizen's Advice Bureau
The Citizen's Advice Bureau website provides guidance and factsheets on aspects of the health system, including some resources translated into community languages.
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Contact a Family
Contact a Family is a national organisation representing disabled children and their families. It provides advice, information and support to the parents of all disabled children, including publications in a number of different community languages, and interpreted service for its helpline.  
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Department of Health - Translated documents
This page provides access to a number of DH publications and resources that have been translated into community languages.
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Equip
EQUIP has links to information-rich websites with resources in languages other than English and a list of support groups and services related to other languages or for people from ethnic minorities.
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Evaluation Support Scotland
This site provides access to evaluation tools and expertise, to enable voluntary organisations to embed evaluation within funding and policy-making structures
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Heron
This website provides comprehensive and searchable source of available health and social care information in a range of community languages and formats, e.g. audio, Braille, video and information for people with learning difficulties.
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Introduction to the National Health Service
Available in 36 languages, this leaflet explains the role of UK health services to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. It covers issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.
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Multikulti
Multikulti provides accessible, accurately translated health advice and information in 12 languages - Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Gujerati, Portuguese, Somali, Spanish, Turkish and Urdu.
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Newcastle refugee & Asylum Seekers Health Action Group
The Newcastle refugee & Asylum Seekers Health Action Group have created a series of resources that are free to use, including refugee/asylum seeker welcome packs, phrasebooks, appointment letters and pharmacist cards.
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Newham Language Shop
This site is aimed at organisations who work with ethnic minority communities and is designed to provide information, support and to educate users about the many different communities living in the UK.
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NHS Clinical Knowledge Summaries - Home
The NHS Clinical Knowledge Summaries are a reliable source of evidence-based information and practical 'know how' about the common conditions managed in primary care. They are aimed at healthcare professionals working in primary and first-contact care.
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NICE
NICE is an independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health.
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Race for Health
Race for Health is a Department of Health-funded, NHS based programme that works with PCTs and Trusts to drive forward improvements in health for people from black, and minority ethnic backgrounds.
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Sign Translate
Sign Translate is an internet-based translation program that converts English to British Sign Language (BSL) and 12 British Minority Ethnic languages.  
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Social Care for Excellence - Black and Minority signposting
One of SCIE's key objectives for 2006-09 is to address gaps and inadequacies in service provision for black and minority ethnic groups and seldom-heard groups. As part of this commitment, they have reviewed their publications, resources and websites, and prepared a brief synopsis of each product that includes black and minority ethnic content. 
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Sounds Healthy
Sounds Healthy provides health information in audio and text formats in several languages (Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Gujarati, Punjabi, Somali and Urdu). Sounds Healthy is the result of a Health Action Zone Pilot Project in Sheffield Leicester and Nottingham. The project aimed to make health information more accessible for people from black and minority ethnic communities. It covers the preventive aspects of heart disease, diabetes, cervical screening and TB.
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The Monitoring Group
The Monitoring Group helps victims of racial violence and harassment across the UK, undertaking casework, offering a freephone helpline conducting a trauma and therapy project. The website offers a range of useful information and links.
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