Professor Kevin Fenton on the lessons that must be learnt from Covid-19

The Public Health England (PHE) review of disparities in risks and outcomes of Covid-19 showed that the pandemic followed the fault lines of existing inequalities and had a disproportionate impact on ethnic minority communities. So now that we know better, how can we do better? 

Anna Charles spoke to Professor Kevin Fenton, Regional Director for Public Health England London and Regional Director of Public Health for NHS London, to learn more about the findings of the PHE review, his career journey, and his hopes for health and wellbeing in London. 

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• Deaths from Covid-19 (coronavirus): how are they counted and what do they show?
• Covid-19, racism and the roots of health inequality
• Responding in a crisis: reflections of a director of public health

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