The health system must become culturally sensitive to the needs of racialised people with eating disorders and tackle head on entrenched inequities within services. Leona Letts, our Senior Policy Officer, argues for bold action to transform eating disorder services and break the culture of silence in racialised communities.
The impacts of cervical cancer, and poor gynaecological health are devastating, and disproportionately experienced by ethnic minority women.
Bluntly mandating ‘good practice’ through regulation alone will fail to improve NHS leadership, patient safety, and ethnic health and workforce inequity, writes Rini Jones, Senior Policy and Delivery Manager.
Just as worrying as the findings of the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey are the methodological shortcomings of the survey itself, writes Sam Rodger, assistant director of policy and strategy at the RHO.
Last Monday was International Nurses Day. While I and others were celebrating the contribution of international nurses, the government announced their new immigration ambitions and plans.
Our Assistant Director of Strategy and Policy, Sam Rodger, shares insights from a recent delegation to the USA, where he engaged with a range of communities, officials, and academics on the challenges of tackling race inequity.
Year-round action is needed to tackle the intersecting racialised and sexualised violence targeting minoritised ethnic women receiving and providing healthcare.
Recently, two significant guidelines have been released that emphasise the need for inclusive clinical practice and education in neonatal care.
There is a wealth of evidence showing that people from most minoritised ethnic groups have much poorer health than the White British group. These studies have shown that not only do ethnic inequalities in health exist, but that they have persisted over time, and are exacerbated in later life.
With Professor Ara Darzi soon to report on his review of the NHS, the RHO has been making the case that race equity should be a key metric in any analysis of the service’s performance.
