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Ethnic minority consultants 'paid less' than white colleagues

Image copyright Getty Images Senior ethnic minority doctors in the NHS are paid less than their white counterparts, research suggests. A study in the British Medical Journal found black and minority ethnic (BME) consultants on average earned 4.9% less than white colleagues in basic pay – roughly £4,600 a year. The gap was much smaller… Read More: Ethnic minority consultants 'paid less' than white colleagues »

Representation Matters: Eating Disorders Aren’t Just for White Girls

When you think about eating disorders what is the image that comes to mind? Is it one of teenaged vanity? Of emaciated white women agonizing in front of the mirror or hunched over the toilet? For a long time, the same image of eating disorders was (and for the most part, still is) perpetuated by… Read More: Representation Matters: Eating Disorders Aren’t Just for White Girls »