In a letter sent today, NHS England said that based on 'emerging UK and international data' employers should risk-assess BAME staff as being at higher risk and 'make appropriate arrangements accordingly.'
NHS England has written to all hospital trust chief execs, GP practices and providers of community health services saying that staff from black and minority backgrounds should be treated at being at higher risk from coronavirus.
This week, the government confirmed that Professor Kevin Fenton will lead the inquiry. Fenton is Public Health England's national director for health and wellbeing, and a visiting professor in epidemiology and public health at University College London. Trust managers said they had taken the decision"to include BAME colleagues into the vulnerable and at risk group" in light of the ongoing national inquiry into why people from BAME backgrounds appear to be disproportionately affected by coronavirus.
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