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Experimental statistics, published earlier this week by the ONS, suggest that prior to the Covid-19 pandemic ethnic minority people had lower mortality rates and longer life expectancies than White people. Although received with some surprise, these findings were not unexpected. They reflect earlier analysis of mortality rates during the Covid-19 pandemic, which showed the now well-known higher rates of Covid-19 related mortality for ethnic minority people, but lower overall mortality rates.

People with a learning disability from Black, South Asian (Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi heritage) and minority ethnic backgrounds face shorter life expectancy triggered by poorer healthcare access, experience and outcomes.

The UK’s independent NHS Race and Health Observatory has today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (CDC).

I came to the UK when my family moved from Kenya in 1968. It was a time when racism was overt in society, with signage in windows of flats to let openly stating “no blacks” and racial attacks such as “paki-bashing” were commonplace.

Analysis of NHS data has found a lack of co-ordination is limiting insight into how online healthcare services and apps are used by ethnicity and to tackle health inequalities.

Sickle cell disorder (SCD) is deeply intertwined with the history and culture of various regions in Africa, particularly West Africa, where its initial descriptions bore cultural and spiritual significance.

I came to the UK when my family moved from Kenya in 1968. It was a time when racism was overt in society, with signage in windows of flats to let openly stating “no blacks” and racial attacks such as “paki-bashing” were commonplace.

The scope of this work is to provide insights that will help to promote effective and respectful communication with ethnic minority women and pregnant people.

Barriers to treatment, support and emergency healthcare faced by patients experiencing acute painful sickle cell episodes will be investigated by the NHS Race and Health Observatory.

General interventions and medications such as hydroxyurea, morphine and blood transfusions were hit and miss, usually giving relief for a period but the sickling would return with vengeance.