The elective care backlog and ethnicity

The elective care backlog and ethnicity People from Asian groups experienced a much larger fall in planned hospital care during the pandemic than people from White, Black or Mixed ethnic groups, new analysis reveals.  

According to the research, large variations in rates of hospital care in England for different ethnic groups existed prior to 2020, but the 3.7 million drop in planned hospital procedures over the pandemic’s first two years worsened these disparities. This left people in the Asian group missing out on the equivalent of over 23,000 procedures compared to the White group. Nuffield Trust

See also:

• Ethnic disparities in hospital care: the importance of knowing more Nuffield Trust
• Government must act to help NHS tackle health and race inequalities NHS Providers