Exclusive article with The Guardian on the Observatory commissioned rapid review, Ethnic Inequalities in Healthcare, which reveals vast inequalities across a range of health services and outcomes.
Dr Habib Naqvi talks about the Observatory’s rapid evidence review into Pulse Oximeters and guidance being clarified by the NHS on the Eastern Air programme
“We need to ensure there is common knowledge on potential limitations in healthcare equipment and devices, particularly for populations at heightened risk of life-changing illness, this includes black, Asian diverse communities using pulse oximeters to monitor their oxygen levels at home.” Director of the NHS Race and Health Observatory, Dr Habib Naqvi.
NHS update guidance on blood oxygen monitors following concerns raised by the NHS Race and Health Observatory on misreadings from devices when used on black and darker skin tones.
Authors Dr Habib Naqvi, Chair Marie Gabriel and Lord Victor Adebowale discuss the formation of the NHS Race and Health Observatory and why the independent Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report seems out of sync with both qualitative reality and quantitative evidence.
NHS Race and Health Observatory's Dr Habib Naqvi discusses the plans for the organisation and how having such an important, forensically driven platform is to driving change.
Interview on vaccine take-up amongst staff at University Hospital of Leicester NHS Trust, and the reasons for lower take-up by South Asian and black staff
The NHS Race and Health Observatory and healthcare regulators have issued an open statement on tackling racism.
Report urging Black and minority ethnic communities across England to complete this years’ national census survey to help capture information on overall health conditions.
Interview on vaccine take-up amongst staff at University Hospital of Leicester NHS Trust, and the reasons for lower take-up by South Asian and Black staff.
Scepticism is highest among Black, Pakistani and Indian communities - ethnicities more likely to suffer severely from the virus.
Black and minority ethnic health experts from the NHS Race and Health Observatory address key concerns, facts and misinformation in its first COVID-19 webinar.
Black and minority ethnic health experts from the NHS Race and Health Observatory address key COVID-19 concerns, facts and misinformation vaccines in its first webinar.
As the discussions over the next group for vaccination get underway, these are the groups asking the Government to prioritise their case.
Dr Habib Naqvi talks about Black and minority ethnic communities and the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine in a regional report focusing on the South of the UK.
Dr Habib Naqvi speaks to the Guardian about paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS), a Covid-related disease discovered in children last spring.
Report on low Black and minority ethnic vaccine uptake specifically among Black and minority NHS staff who are not getting vaccinated as fast as white colleagues.
Article on closing the gaps in healthcare access and outcomes between ethnic groups following a study by University of Manchester researchers, published in The Lancet.
Profile interview with Dr Habib Naqvi on the race and health observatory, racial inequality in patient healthcare and the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Live, real-time” data on covid-19 vaccine uptake by ethnicity — including about NHS staff — should be published, the director of a new race observatory has said.
Office for National Statistics report - Coronavirus and the social impacts on Great Britain – an examination of attitudes towards vaccination of more than 14,000 people.
Dr Habib Naqvi talks to Rageh Omaar about the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation and guidance required on health inequalities for COVID-19 priority groups.
In an introductory interview, Dr Habib Naqvi discusses the launch of the NHS Race and Health Observatory, describing it as a “catalyst for change”.
Interview on Channel 4 featuring Dr Habib Naqvi on ethnicity data recording and survey revealing low vaccine take-up amongst almost three quarters of Black Britons.
Heather Nelson, chief executive of Leeds-based Black Health Initiative, spoke to the Yorkshire Post on her RHO role and how local Black and minority ethnic communities 'need to be able to make informed choice' on COVID-19 jabs.
