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I think hospitals need to look at their vaccine programmes and ask themselves honestly:
Have you really truly prioritised BAME staff who we know are at inherent higher risk?
‘There’s a tick box we’ve put in our form’ doesn’t really quite cut it
Have you really truly prioritised BAME staff who we know are at inherent higher risk?
‘There’s a tick box we’ve put in our form’ doesn’t really quite cut it
Yes I’m trying to be vocal about a group of people who have historically been repeatedly disenfranchised systematically and are *probably* being so again
1. Have you prioritised then to be vaccinated early on?
2. Have you prioritised them to receive a second dose early, if you are giving some staff second doses within cut off dates?
3. If there are concerns about uptake have you embarked on serious education drives or 1:1
2. Have you prioritised them to receive a second dose early, if you are giving some staff second doses within cut off dates?
3. If there are concerns about uptake have you embarked on serious education drives or 1:1
4. Have you considered that ‘At risk specialties’ doesn’t really make sense in the current climate of hospitals swimming with Covid?
5. Have you offered BAME staff extra support for the no doubt additional fears they have knowing they are more at risk?
5. Have you offered BAME staff extra support for the no doubt additional fears they have knowing they are more at risk?
6. Have you asked BAME staff if they feel you are doing it right?
7. Are there representative BAME staff at the height of your organisation, exec level and organising the response?
7. Are there representative BAME staff at the height of your organisation, exec level and organising the response?
8. Do you encourage people like me asking these questions? Or do you think I’m ‘trouble making?’
Ask yourself that question... and then reflect on your response
Ask yourself that question... and then reflect on your response
