A Systematic review protocol on  workplace equality and inclusion  practices in the healthcare sector

Introduction While equality and inclusion practices  in healthcare have been advanced from a service user  perspective, little is known about the application of  workplace equality and inclusion practices in healthcare  on upper-middle-income and high-income countries. In  the developed world, the composition of the healthcare  workforce is changing, with nationals and non-nationals  working ‘side-by-side’ suggesting that healthcare  organisations must have robust and meaningful workplace  equality and inclusion practices. Healthcare organisations  who welcome and value all their employees are more  creative and productive, which can lead to better quality  of care. Additionally, staff retention is maximised, and  workforce integration will succeed. In view of this,  this study aims to identify and synthesise current best  evidence relating to workplace equality and inclusion  practices in the healthcare sector in middle-income and  high-income economies. Methods and analysis Using the Population, Intervention,  Comparison and Outcome (PICO) framework, a search of  the following databases will be made—MEDLINE, CINAHL,  EMBASE, SCOPUS, PsycInfo, Business Source Complete  and Google Scholar—using Boolean terms to identify  peer-reviewed literatures concerning workplace equality  and inclusion in healthcare from January 2010 to 2022.  A thematic approach will be employed to appraise and  analyse the extracted data with the view to assessing what  is workplace equality and inclusion; why it is important to  promote workplace equality and inclusion in healthcare;  how can workplace equality and inclusion practices be  measured in healthcare; and how can workplace equality  and inclusion be advanced in health systems. Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval is not  required. Both a protocol and a systematic review paper  are to be published concerning workplace equality and  inclusion practices in the healthcare sector.