{
  "abstract": "Objectives During the COVID-19 pandemic, National Health Service staff support services were implemented to promote healthcare workers’ (HCWs) well-being, alongside informal support from colleagues and managers. Certain groups may be less likely to access support, including HCWs from ethnic minority and migrant groups. These HCWs are more likely to experience discrimination and abuse at work, which may also erode access to positive and protective resources. Therefore, this study examined variation in formal support programme use and perceptions of support from managers and colleagues by ethnicity and migration status.Methods This study analysed survey data from 9769 HCWs in England who completed the baseline survey (launched April 2020) and the 6-month follow-up using descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression.Results At 6 months, 51% of participants met the threshold for probable common mental disorder. HCWs from White Other (Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) 0.79; 95% CI 0.64 to 0.99) and Asian ethnic groups (AOR 0.65; 95% CI 0.57 to 0.74) were less likely to feel supported by their colleagues than White British HCWs. Similarly, those born outside of the UK and European Union were less likely to feel supported by their colleagues than UK-born HCWs (AOR 0.70; 95% CI 0.52 to 0.94). No variations in support programme use or manager support were found across ethnicity or migration status.Conclusions The study suggests equitable formal support but identified critical disparities in perceived support from colleagues for HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Improving workplace well-being should address the underlying social and structural factors that influence peer support and belonging.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Bethany Croak"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, UK",
        "NIHR ARC North Thames, University College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Danielle Lamb"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK",
        "King’s Centre for Military Health Research, King’s College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Sharon A M Stevelink"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK",
        "King’s Centre for Military Health Research, King’s College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Rupa Bhundia"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK",
        "Bethlem Royal Hospital, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Juliana Onwumere"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Brendan Dempsey"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Pamela Almeida-Meza"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Zoe Chui"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "King’s Centre for Military Health Research, King’s College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Neil Greenberg"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Rosalind Raine"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK",
        "ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King’s College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Charlotte Woodhead"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK",
        "ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King’s College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Stephani L Hatch"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK",
        "ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King’s College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Rebecca Rhead"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Inequalities in NHS staff support among those from ethnic minority and migrant groups during the COVID-19 pandemic",
  "uid": "6bd62d3d-58b5-5478-9745-25fe6e4859ad"
}