In an Urgent Question to the Minister for Women and Equalities regarding the Public Health England review of disparities in risks and outcomes related to the COVID-19 outbreak, I raised again my concern over over racial inequalities and lack of transparency and accountability on the higher numbers of Covid-19 deaths amongst BAME health workers:
"The lack of leadership and transparency in Public Health England and NHS England has been shamefully exposed with BAME health workers dying at a greater rate. Covid just showed us what it means when these institutions aren't equal, with BAME workers saying they did not have the same access to PPE as their white colleagues and they felt pressured to work on the frontline. As both Public Health England and NHS England are independent, how will my honourable friend hold them to account."
