>> In practise it hasn't happened given the ethnic mix of people in that role and
>> level I deal with in the NHS.
The NHS is a Balkanised outfit of Trusts, Contractors and a few centralised providers like Blood and Transplant. No guarantee that outfits in Surrey/Outer London will follow same processes as in Devon/Cornwall. You'd also expect a Trust serving a diverse population to be more clued up on/alive to discrimination.
And even if your area's hospital admin appears to reflect the racial make up thereabouts a need for references from a limited band of professionals might affect other groups - women, youngsters or the disabled.
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