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“Health and care organisations must become better aligned in their duty of care to improve healthcare services for black and minority ethnic patients resulting in substantial shifts towards more positive outcomes for diverse communities.
Some of the most influential figures on race and health inequalities will take part in the independent NHS Race and Health Observatory’s forthcoming international conference on ‘Race, Racism and Health’.
Dr Habib Naqvi, the director in charge of the NHS Race and Health Observatory, is calling on everybody, and particularly people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds to learn CPR skills this Restart A Heart Day, October 16.
Over the years, having reached a point of exasperation, I accepted the struggle, hurdles and challenges to overcome can’t take place in isolation.
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.
This report – Inequalities in Mental Health Care for Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Communities: Identifying Best Practice is a comprehensive review that explores a lack of mental health care provision for these communities; captures first hand insight; and highlights good practice examples from six effective services across England, most of them run by voluntary Gypsy, Roma and Traveller organisations.
Occupational causes of ill health are often overlooked and are a significant cause of ethnic health disparities. Artificial stone silicosis is a case in point and an artificial stone ban is needed to protect all workers, argue Dr Sheipahli Gandhi and Dr Carl Reynolds.
The NHS Race and Health Observatory is backing an innovative project to empower hairdressers and beauty salon therapists to promote the uptake of NHS Health Checks and promote breast cancer awareness amongst diverse female clientele.
My interest in equality first started in the 1980s. It was a wish of my parents for me to receive a ‘good education’. I was one of only four Black pupils in middle and high school, one that had changed from a boys’ grammar to a comprehensive. I could clearly see staff and teachers struggling with the new intake of Black faces that looked very different from other children; it was around then that I started, indirectly, forming questions about equality whilst facing the stark realisation about what difference meant.
A new programme of work to understand the needs of sickle cell patients and identify improvements in managing acute painful sickle cell episodes is being undertaken by the NHS Race and Health Observatory
