Aneez Esmail

Biography

Aneez Esmail is Professor of General Practice at the University of Manchester and until April 2017, Director of the NIHR Manchester Patients Safety Translational Research Centre. He was Associate Vice-President for Equality & Diversity and Social Responsibility from 2005-2014.

Research Interest

My work on racial discrimination in the medical profession has covered the discrimination faced by ethnic minority doctors from entry into medical school, job applications, differences in remuneration, and assessment in complaints. I am recognized internationally for my research on discrimination in the medical profession. Much of the work that I have carried out in this area has resulted in significant changes in recruitment, selection and monitoring of the medical profession. I have provided advice to ministers, senior civil servants and other professional bodies on matters related to race and diversity. I recently (2013) completed a major piece of work on unfairness in postgraduate medical examinations. This work is of huge significance because it calls into question the fairness of medical examinations and the role of regulators. Based on this work, there was a major legal challenge against the regulatory bodies for General Practice and the General Medical Council, for failing to develop fair assessment procedures. The work received widespread media coverage and although the appellants lost the judicial review, the Royal Colleges and the GMC have committed to review their postgraduate examinations