General practice post COVID: time to put equity at the heart?
Excellent commentary from the College’s Health Inequalities Group
https://t.co/JCUDjPP266
Last night I made a brief appearance on @BBCNewsnight advocating for British Bangladeshi’s. WHY are we at DOUBLE the risk of dying from #COVID19 and WHAT is the government going to do about it!? Here’s what I had to say in full
The impact of Covid is felt most in deprived communities. The most deprived 10% use A&E twice as much as the less deprived 10%. We must use the spotlight of Covid to address health inequalities - including access to care. @RCollEM@RCPLondon
Members of ethnic minority communities are not so much ‘hard to reach’ as ‘hardly reached’.
Covid-19 exposed discrimination and social injustice.
Unequal access to Covid testing is just the latest example.
https://t.co/fmoRIq8OA4
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@irishayesha@3_inch_heels Normally, I'm quite sensitive to this kind of advice but I don't feel targeted on this occasion. Knowing some people in our community, I feel it's appropriate.
@irishayesha@3_inch_heels The MCB have felt the need to issue advice - they claim to have received reports of some people planning to gather. I have every reason to believe the MCB. Every community has bad apples. Many people gathered for VE celebrations despite advice against doing so.
@WelshGasDoc To be fair, the BBC is only reporting the advice issued by the Muslim Council of Britain, an umbrella organisation of various UK Muslim bodies.
Our letter to @MattHancock about a comprehensive test, track and trace strategy according to @MartinRCGP on @BBCRadio4 asks 4 key questions of government on testing
We want to take this evening to appreciate and remember the brave, compassionate professionals who have lost their lives saving others during this pandemic. Thank you for being there for us, we will remember you.