Analysis of the external audit on ethnically sensitive practice

This article is a follow‐up to ‘Using external audit to review ethnically sensitive practice’, which presented the process and summarized the findings of the External Audit — Ethnically Sensitive Practice Project. This article will provide an analytical commentary on the work of the project and examine the issues of access, external audit and standards. Both articles are presented from an academic social work perspective with a particular focus on equal opportunities and anti‐racist practice.