Radical action needed to tackle racial health inequality in NHS, says damning report
Exclusive article with The Guardian on the Observatory commissioned rapid review, Ethnic Inequalitie...
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Covid 19: Experts warn pulse oxygen monitors work less well on darker skin
Dr Habib Naqvi talks about the Observatory’s rapid evidence review into Pulse Oximeters and guidance...
Oximeters less accurate for people from Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds
“We need to ensure there is common knowledge on potential limitations in healthcare equipment and de...
Covid: Pulse oxygen monitors work less well on darker skin, experts say
NHS update guidance on blood oxygen monitors following concerns raised by the NHS Race and Health Ob...
The critical role of the NHS Race and Health Observatory
Authors Dr Habib Naqvi, Chair Marie Gabriel and Lord Victor Adebowale discuss the formation of the N...
Ethnic health inequalities: turning evidence into action
NHS Race and Health Observatory's Dr Habib Naqvi discusses the plans for the organisation and how ha...
LBC: More community and faith leaders must tackle Covid-19 disinformation, doctor says
Interview on vaccine take-up amongst staff at University Hospital of Leicester NHS Trust, and the re...
‘No place for racism’ in health and care, warns NMC in open statement
The NHS Race and Health Observatory and healthcare regulators have issued an open statement on tackl...
Guardian: NHS body in England urges minority ethnic people to fill out census
Report urging Black and minority ethnic communities across England to complete this years’ national ...
LBC: More community and faith leaders must tackle COVID-19 disinformation, doctor says
Interview on vaccine take-up amongst staff at University Hospital of Leicester NHS Trust, and the re...
COVID-19: ‘Progress’ made on vaccine hesitancy amid ‘pandemic of disinformation’, NHS chief says
Scepticism is highest among Black, Pakistani and Indian communities - ethnicities more likely to suf...
The Voice: Race and Health observatory host first webinar addressing COVID-19 vaccines hesitancy
Black and minority ethnic health experts from the NHS Race and Health Observatory address key concer...
Race and Health Observatory host first webinar addressing COVID-19 hesitancy
Black and minority ethnic health experts from the NHS Race and Health Observatory address key COVID-...
Vaccine groups: Who’s contending to be next in line for COVID-19 vaccination as JCVI plans stage two of roll-out
As the discussions over the next group for vaccination get underway, these are the groups asking the...
ITV Meridian; ‘It is safe’: Why the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine among some Black and asian people may be low
Dr Habib Naqvi talks about Black and minority ethnic communities and the uptake of the COVID-19 vacc...
Guardian: Up to 100 UK children a week hospitalised with rare post-Covid disease
Dr Habib Naqvi speaks to the Guardian about paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS), a C...
Independent: Concern over low vaccine uptake among minority NHS staff groups
Report on low Black and minority ethnic vaccine uptake specifically among Black and minority NHS sta...
Eastern Eye: We need action, not words, to end healthcare inequalities
Article on closing the gaps in healthcare access and outcomes between ethnic groups following a stud...
Healthcare Leader: Dr Habib Naqvi: ‘We need clear action to protect those at risk from Covid’
Profile interview with Dr Habib Naqvi on the race and health observatory, racial inequality in patie...
NHSE ‘should publish real-time data on staff vaccine uptake by ethnicity’
“Live, real-time” data on covid-19 vaccine uptake by ethnicity — including about NHS staff — should ...
News and Star: Ethnic minorities and younger adults ‘less likely to say they will get vaccine’
Office for National Statistics report - Coronavirus and the social impacts on Great Britain – an exa...
ITV: A matter of life and death – ITV news told of urgency to vaccinate britains vulnerable-ethnic-minorities
Dr Habib Naqvi talks to Rageh Omaar about the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation and gu...
Eastern Eye: New group will address ethnic and race disparities in healthcare
In an introductory interview, Dr Habib Naqvi discusses the launch of the NHS Race and Health Observa...
Channel 4: Why historic injustices are causing vaccine hesitancy among ethnic minorities
Interview on Channel 4 featuring Dr Habib Naqvi on ethnicity data recording and survey revealing low...
Yorkshire Evening Post: Leeds Black and minority ethnic communities ‘need to be able to make informed choice’ on COVID-19 jabs
Heather Nelson, chief executive of Leeds-based Black Health Initiative, spoke to the Yorkshire Post ...