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‘Disproportionate rates’ of premature Covid-19 death in black and Asian patients
January 22, 2021 By Faith Matters

‘Disproportionate rates’ of premature Covid-19 death in black and Asian patients

There have been disproportionate rates of premature death from Covid-19 among patients of Asian and black ethnicity, a large cohort study has found. The research, published in the journal BMJ Open, is based on nearly 1,800 patients admitted to five acute hospitals within Barts Health NHS Trust between January 1 and May 13 2020. The […]

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More than 16% of coronavirus victims in England from BAME communities
April 20, 2020 By Faith Matters

More than 16% of coronavirus victims in England from BAME communities

More than 16% of people who had tested positive for coronavirus when they died were from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, new data shows. On Monday, NHS England released data showing the ethnic breakdown of people who have died with coronavirus for the first time. The figures, using data up to 5pm on […]

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As the Integration Strategy Gets the Final Touches We Need to Go Back to Basics
February 13, 2018 By Faith Matters

As the Integration Strategy Gets the Final Touches We Need to Go Back to Basics

What are the basics? Well, over the last 2 decades much investment has been placed into dialogue and engagement projects, many of which have done some great work, though on a stop and start basis where groups have come in, organised sets of people together and then left, having ticked off a box. Or, depending […]

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