Dr Habib Naqvi MBE

NHS - Race and Health Observatory

“Together, we can ensure the 10 Year Health Plan delivers true equity - the very principle upon which the NHS was founded 77 years ago.”

The NHS Race & Health Observatory’s full response to the 10 Year Health Plan can be found here: nhsrho.org/news/nhs-rac...

We’re pleased to launch an important report that highlights the challenges related to sickle cell care, and offers evidence-based solutions for meaning transformation.

The report is a call to action and a roadmap for change!

You can read it here: nhsrho.org/news/sickle-...

UK sickle cell patients ‘get worse care than sufferers of similar disorders’ Study commissioned by NHS finds that sickle cell disease care lags behind that for conditions such as cystic fibrosis People living with sickle cell disease face substandard care as its treatment significantly lags behind advances relating to other genetic disorders such as cystic fibrosis, a report has found. The study, commissioned by the NHS Race and Health Observatory and carried out by researchers at Imperial College London, analysed various measures of care for sickle cell disease between 2010 and 2024, including clinical trials, approved drugs and reviews of existing studies. Continue reading...

UK sickle cell patients ‘get worse care than sufferers of similar disorders’

Senior health figure accuses NHS of racism over care given to dying mother Victor Adebowale says failure to detect his mother’s cancer was example of ‘black service, not NHS service’ A senior figure in the health service has criticised it for deep-seated racism after his mother “got a black service, not an NHS service” before she died. Victor Adebowale, the chair of the NHS Confederation, claimed his mother Grace’s lung cancer went undiagnosed because black people get “disproportionately poor” health service care. Black British mothers are up to four times more likely to die during pregnancy or within six weeks of giving birth than white mothers. Those of black and African or Caribbean origin are twice as likely to have a stroke, and younger, than white counterparts. Black African patients are two and a half times more likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act than white British patients. Continue reading...

Senior health figure accuses NHS of racism over care given to dying mother

NHS - Race and Health Observatory

These people: nhsrho.org
Led by @drhnaqvi.bsky.social are excellent on the evidence and potential solutions.

Reform made a commitment to defund them in its manifesto. Presumably because the evidence was inconvenient for their agenda.

Only a third of recommendations to tackle endemic racism in UK implemented Guardian analysis exposes lack of action taken despite major reports published over the past 40 years * Five years on from Black Lives Matter, has the UK made progress on ethnic equalities? Only a third of the recommendations from major reports commissioned to tackle endemic racism in the UK over the past 40 years have actually been implemented, a Guardian investigation has found. The Guardian’s analysis – published ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Black Lives Matter protests – has led experts involved in some of those inquiries to demand the government break the “doom loop” of inaction. Continue reading...

Only a third of recommendations to tackle endemic racism in UK implemented

The NHS Race and Health Observatory has signed a ground-breaking agreement with NICE to de-bias current clinical guidelines, and to ensure the development of future guidelines and interventions do not have bias built-in at design stage.

Learn more here: nhsrho.org/news/observa...

The NHS Race and Health Observatory has published its new strategy for more equitable healthcare, aligned to the government’s three shifts in the way healthcare is delivered – shifts towards community care, prevention, and digital.

Read the strategy here: www.nhsrho.org/wp-content/u...

NHS in England failing to record ethnicity of those who sue over maternity care ‘Shocking blind spot’ in data collection comes despite ‘well-documented racial disparities in maternity care’ The NHS is facing criticism for not recording the ethnicity of people who sue it over poor maternity care, despite black, Asian and minority ethnic women experiencing much greater harm during childbirth. Health experts, patient safety campaigners and lawyers claim racial disparities in maternity care are so stark that NHS bodies in England must start collating details of people who take legal action to help ensure services improve. Continue reading...

NHS in England failing to record ethnicity of those who sue over maternity care

The first step in tackling racial inequity is listening to the people who experience it Racial inequity affects the whole of society, and tackling it means listening to the voices of as many people as possible, write Habib Naqvi, chief executive of NHS Race and Health Observatory and Sam...

Racial inequity affects the whole of society - tackling it means listening to the voices of as many people as possible. In @hsj.co.uk - www.hsj.co.uk/service-rede...

The NHS Race and Health Observatory has launched its new strategy for 2025-27. The strategy outlines robust, co-designed ambitions and frames for a more inclusive and equitable healthcare system for all.
Access the strategy here: www.nhsrho.org/wp-content/u...

Hear from Professor Habib Naqvi MBE, Chief Executive at the NHS Race and Health Observatory, at our EDI Professionals conference on 30 April 2025 in London

📢 Join us at our EDI Professionals Conference on 30 April 2025 to hear from expert speakers, including @drhnaqvi.bsky.social 📢

Habib is chief executive of the NHS Race & Health Observatory and one of the most influential BME leaders in healthcare.

Eid Mubarak to those celebrating today and over the coming days. A time for celebration and for reflection. A time to remember the vulnerable and marginalised - those suffering in conflicts and from natural disasters.

In our latest report, we highlight the levels of mistrust certain communities have in NHS primary care services, and outline a set of evidence-based recommendations for improvement.

Read the report: www.nhsrho.org/news/patient...

Today, we publish our briefing paper that considers the benefits of taking an economic approach to assess the costs of racial discrimination to the NHS, to individuals and the economy. Read the paper here: www.nhsrho.org/news/indepen...

Ramadan mubarak to all observing the holy month.

Four years on from the founding of the NHS Race and Health Observatory, @drhnaqvi.bsky.social looks back on the progress made and warns us not to be complacent in tackling #racism
www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Racial Inequalities in UK Healthcare with Prof. Habib Naqvi MBE , Dr. Ramya Sheni, Ashitha Nagesh and Dr. Devina Maru

How does the healthcare crisis in Britain impacts ethnic minorities, and what can be done to create a truly inclusive and egalitarian healthcare system? Join us on Thursday to hear insights from our panel: @drhnaqvi.bsky.social, Dr. Ramya Sheni, Ashitha Nagesh and Dr. Devina Maru

Structural racism and the social determinants of health Racism is a scar on society. Social justice requires that we take the necessary action to deal with it and its effects on health. It is a profound injustice if the conditions for good health are unequ...

Health is a window through which we can view the workings of society.

A reminder in this @bmj.com article of the impact structural racism has on health and on the social determinants of health.

www.bmj.com/content/387/...

We've released a resource to help healthcare professionals spot jaundice in babies with dark skin tones. Together we can improve assessment of jaundice, prevent treatment delays, and tackle ethnic inequalities in neonatal healthcare.

Download the resource here: www.nhsrho.org/resources/te...

We’re delighted that the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has today approved a groundbreaking gene therapy, Exa-cel, for use in the NHS with people living with sickle cell disorder.
We must now work to make this therapy widely accessible.
www.nice.org.uk/news/article...

Pioneer sickle cell nurse honoured at new donation centre via @nursingtimes.bsky.social

www.nursingtimes.net/haematology/...

It was an honour to attend the opening of the new Brixton Donor Centre today.

The Centre was opened by the amazing Dame Elizabeth Anionwu @dameanionwu.bsky.social, the UK’s first ever sickle cell specialist nurse counsellor.

@karenbonner.bsky.social @antonytiernan.bsky.social

Six key steps in tackling ethnic inequalities in genomics and precision medicine - NHS Race and Health Observatory:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New resource to help tackle suicide risk in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

1 in 10 Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller lives end in suicide - a shocking statistic.

This time of the year, when mental health can be fragile and risk of suicide high, we’ve launched short films presenting the lived experience of people from these communities.

Learn more: www.nhsrho.org/news/new-res...

Christmas card from the NHS Race and Health Observatory - thanking everyone for their support and commitment, and wishing all season’s greetings.

Season’s greetings from the NHS Race and Health Observatory.
 
We appreciate your invaluable support and commitment as we work towards a more equitable healthcare system for all. 
 
We wish you a wonderful festive season and year ahead.

www.nhsrho.org

Effective communications are a critical enabler for health equity. Today, we launched our collaborative report and resources on health communications between the NHS and Jewish communities #RHOwebinar.

Read more here: www.nhsrho.org/research/hea...