Covid 19 and Bame health care staff

Wrong place at the wrong time

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ID19550773
AuthorsFaisal Bashir Chaudhry (0000-0002-2000-520X, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust), Samavia Raza (University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust), Khurram Zeeshan Raja (Walsall Manor Hospital), Usman Ahmad (0000-0001-8626-1399, Hull Royal Infirmary)
Year2020
Volume10
Issue2
Pages020358-020358
Publication date2020-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Global Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2047-2978 • E-ISSN: 2047-2986
PublisherInternational Society of Global Health (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.7189/jogh.10.020358
PMID33110554
OpenAlexW3088507353
LanguageEN
Citations received9

O f the 1.2 million staff employed by NHS, 20.7% belong to Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background. However, analysis of deaths of NHS Staff during the pandemic shows that 64% of those who died belonged to BAME background. A recent survey about this disproportionately high mortality has suggested discriminatory deployment of staff from non-white ethnic background in areas with potentially high virus exposure as a reason. We have looked at factors to explain this heavy presence of medical staff from BAME background at the front door. Moreover, we have studied mortality data related to COVID-19 and analysed it against population demographics of corresponding areas of west midlands, to highlight any trends. This has revealed a higher mortality form COVID 19 in cohorts with higher percentage of BAME population

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Betacoronavirus · Coronavirus Infections · MEDLINE · Outbreak · Pandemic · Pathology · Political science · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Medicine · Virology

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