Ethnic minority healthcare workers have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic, accounting for 56% of those who have died with the disease. The PA news agency has verified the
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There is an “urgent” need to address racial disparities seen among heart attack patients from different ethnic backgrounds, academics have said. The remarks follow a new study which found “significant
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The NHS is “failing” people from ethnic minority backgrounds, according to England’s most extensive study of the issue. The study, from the University of Manchester, found the average health of
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The number of rough sleepers known to be living on London’s streets has risen by almost a quarter in three months, figures show. There were 412 rough sleepers deemed to
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A West Indian woman in her 80s who is suffering from dementia and living in a care home should be given a coronavirus vaccine despite her son’s concerns, a judge
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The Government has set out sweeping proposals to tackle mental health inequalities including the disproportionate detention of people from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. Plans to reform and
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Two thirds of adults open to adoption would consider caring for a child of a different ethnicity if they received extra support, a survey has found. Some 34% of UK
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Councils make it harder for families who rent – or who are not “a perfect ethnic match” – to adopt, leaving children being “bounced around the system” waiting for a
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Black people are at almost twice the risk of dying from Covid-19 than white people, a new study commissioned by London Mayor Sadiq Khan has found. Mr Khan (pictured) is
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Millions of people living in cold and damp homes could become more vulnerable to coronavirus this winter due to their poor quality housing, a report warns. Excess cold and damp
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