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Thread: Ethnicity Data, Equality + Human Rights.
1/6 On 28/10 our subgroup chair on Data, Health, Social Outcomes, Jenni Keenan of @MCHPKAVS + Rami Ousta @bemis_scotland CEO wrote to @NatRecordsScot to request an update on CV19 Covid / ethnicity data.
https://bit.ly/3kFHZ7u
1/6 On 28/10 our subgroup chair on Data, Health, Social Outcomes, Jenni Keenan of @MCHPKAVS + Rami Ousta @bemis_scotland CEO wrote to @NatRecordsScot to request an update on CV19 Covid / ethnicity data.
https://bit.ly/3kFHZ7u
2/6 The only report on CV19 and ethnicity covers the period March - June. Between June - November there have been in excess of 850 further deaths and counting predominantly in Scotland's most ethnically diverse places. Our communities also tell us they have been affected.
3/6 In August 2020 the Expert Reference Group on CV19 and Ethnicity advised the Scottish Government, and duty bearer agencies to provide ongoing data on CV19 ethnicity mortality data and other key indicators.
4/6 On the 17th of November we received a reply from @NatRecordsScot outlining that they do not currently plan to do any further analysis or linkages between ongoing CV19 deaths and the census in order to monitor ethnicity impacts.
Reply: https://bit.ly/35Lpbja
Reply: https://bit.ly/35Lpbja
5/6 It is important CV ethnicity data is available because;
1) We need this data to inform our public policy and mitigation of risks across different ethnic groups
2) As a human right, those who pass away from CV19 deserve the dignity of their ethnicity being recorded
1) We need this data to inform our public policy and mitigation of risks across different ethnic groups
2) As a human right, those who pass away from CV19 deserve the dignity of their ethnicity being recorded
6/6 We will continue to appeal for CV19 Ethnicity mortality data analysis to be conducted and published and that BME communities across Scotland should be aware that it is not. We believe it is in the clear public interest that such information should be available.
