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HEALTH TOPIC

BME access to health care
We are examining evidence about inequities in access to health care experienced by black and minority ethnic groups and analysing NHS efforts to improve access to care.

Working to Sustain Progress: Black and minority ethnic non-executive directors in London
Examines the current situation and experiences of NEDs from BME communities in London’s NHS trusts and health authorities, and asks what is required to sustain this BME representation.
Date: March 2006
Where the Patient was King? A study of patient choice and its effect on five specialist HIV units in London
Explores the experience of patients and staff in five HIV/AIDS units to assess whether wide-ranging NHS reforms, including patient choice and payment by results, really make services more responsive.
Date: February 2006

Rip off the labels external site
If we are to meet the health needs of asylum seekers, we must look beyond the labels and recognise them as individuals rather than a faceless mass, writes Anna Coote.
Date: October 2002 Journal ref: Community Care, no 1445, pp 18

Ruth Thorlby

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