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Health Foundation urges government support as winter approaches

Date: 1st October 2020

Vital that government supports NHS and social care to keep normal services running as winter approaches

https://www.health.org.uk/news-and-comment/news/vital-that-government-supports-nhs-and-social-care-to-keep-services-running

Some interesting views and research  that reinforces the needs to fully prepare for winter . Their press release also states

“We know from our recent polling* that people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds – one of the groups worst affected by the pandemic – are less likely to have used NHS services since lockdown. ”

Polling data from the Health Foundation and Ipsos MORI conducted in July found that concerns about using hospitals is greater among some of the groups worst affected by COVID-19, with more than one in four (28%) people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds and more than a third (34%) of people with a disability saying they would feel uncomfortable about using their local hospital, compared with just over one in five overall (22%).

People from black and minority ethnic backgrounds are also less likely to report having used a health service since the beginning of lockdown (36% compared to 42% of the population as a whole), and are more likely to have considered using a service for a health issue but decided not to (9% compared with 5% overall).

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