Companies may soon be required to publish their ethnic pay gaps under new legislation following a review ordered by Downing Street. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week confirmed the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities would reconsider current legislation which only requires organisations to publish a disparity in gender pay. The new proposal, which … Read more
Doctors have said there is a ‘crisis of confidence’ in Public Health England following a ‘profoundly disappointing’ report on how coronavirus hits ethnic minorities harder. More than 30 ethnic minority doctors’ groups joined the doctors’ union in signing a letter saying they were ‘aghast’ at the research, which has come under criticism for lacking substance. … Read more
Black, Asian and ethnic minority COVID-19 patients in London are 11 years younger on average than their white counterparts, a study has found. Researchers at King’s College London found that BAME patients were aged 63, on average, compared to 74 for white patients. The finding is the latest in a string of research showing that … Read more
Doctors plea to give high-risk ethnic minority health workers PPE at all times amid alarming Covid-19 death rates among black and Asian NHS staff BIDA says staff must be protected, even when treating non-coronavirus patients Britons of black African heritage are three-and-a-half times more likely to die NHS England chief has since written to all trusts … Read more
Black and Asian Britons are two-and-a-half times more likely to die from coronavirus than whites, an analysis of NHS records has suggested. An Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) report found the death rate among Black African Britons was three times that of the white British population. The respected think-tank also revealed fatalities among Pakistanis were … Read more
Nearly three quarters of NHS staff who have died from coronavirus are from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds. Latest figures show that 111 health and social care workers have been killed by the virus, and the overwhelming majority of these have been from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities. People from such backgrounds … Read more
Areas with large ethnic minority populations make up more than three quarters of England’s coronavirus hotspots, a report has revealed. But numbers coming from Muslim communities in areas which could be expected to be hard-hit are low, and cultural habits may be protecting England’s Muslims from the fast-spreading disease. That’s according to a report by Professor … Read more
Love Island’s Priscilla Anyabu stuns in a plunging green dress as she enjoys a passionate kiss with Mike Boateng at the British Ethnic Diversity Sports Awards By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 21:51 GMT, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 21:59 GMT, 14 March 2020 They have fallen hard for one another after sparks flew in … Read more
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