The Latest Breaking News from the NHS Race and Health Observatory

One in Four Infected UK Health Workers Reported Long COVID, and the Report Names Who Carried the Heaviest Load

A UK review found that one in four infected healthcare workers reported prolonged COVID symptoms, and 26.5 percent worldwide still had them at a year.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

NHS radiographers report rise in overt racist abuse by patients

Survey reveals medics were called ‘monkeys’ and ‘dirty foreigners’, and patients refused to be seen by black or Asian staff

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3

NHS improves genetic testing for minority ethnic cancer patients

Exclusive: Pre-chemotherapy tests previously did not look for gene variant that put some ethnicities at higher risk of serious side effects

The Guardian - UK · Apr 13

NHS urges breast cancer patients from minority backgrounds to participate in trials

Research shows young black women more likely to have more aggressive cancer and receive poorer care

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2023

Project launched to bust myth that cancer is a ‘white person’s disease’

The work aims to increase the number of Black, Asian and ethnic minority patients taking part in clinical trials.

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023

Regulator sounds alarm over ‘culture’ in maternity care

It comes after a series of high profile reviews into maternity services.

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2023

Babies could be put at risk due to ‘skin colour tests’ – report

Current tests are decades old and ‘mainly based on white European babies’.

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2023

Tests to assess newborns’ health not effective for BAME babies in UK

Minority ethnic newborns risk late diagnosis and poorer health as guidance was developed for white European babies in 1952

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2023

MPs condemn failure to tackle ‘glaring’ racial inequalities in UK maternal health

Committee says too many black women receive treatment that falls short of acceptable standards

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2023