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Christina Aguilera says there was ‘big debate’ around her ‘ethnic’ last name in early days of career

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Christina Aguilera reveals that in the early days of her career there was a ‘big debate’ among music executives around changing her ‘ethnic’ last name By Carly Johnson For Dailymail.com Published: 00:42 BST, 27 June 2020 | Updated: 00:42 BST, 27 June 2020 Christina Aguilera revealed that in the early days of her career there … Read more

Companies may be ordered to publish ethnic pay gaps

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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 blast report they say did nothing to explain why Covid hits black and ethnic minorities hard

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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

Doctors plea to give high-risk ethnic minority health workers PPE at all times

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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

Clear disparity between ethnic groups in Covid-19…

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Black and Asian Britons are two-and-a-half times more likely to die from coronavirus than white people, an analysis of NHS records has suggested. An Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) report compared the number of hospital deaths in the NHS during the COVID-19 crisis against ethnicity.  It did not reveal if people of BAME backgrounds were … Read more

NHS to probe ‘disproportionate’ coronavirus impact on black and ethnic minority Britons

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The NHS is to investigate the disproportionate impact of coronavirus on black and minority ethnic Britons, Downing Street confirmed today. The health service and Public Health England will review evidence after data on patients with confirmed Covid-19 from the Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre (ICNARC) suggested ethnic minorities are over-represented. The first 10 doctors … Read more