Minority ethnic and deprived children more likely to die after UK intensive care admission

The report was published in the Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. Photograph: Jeff Moore/PA

Minority ethnic children and children from deprived backgrounds across the UK are more likely to die following admission to intensive care than their white and more affluent counterparts, a study has found.

These children consistently had worse outcomes following their stay in a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), the research by academics at Imperial College London discovered.