Research and analysis

Quarterly report on progress to address COVID-19 health inequalities

This report summarises the work undertaken by the Minister for Equalities and government departments on COVID-19 disparities.

• From: Government Equalities Office, Race Disparity Unit and The Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP
• Published: 22 October 2020
• Last updated: 22 October 2020 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

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Quarterly report on progress to address COVID-19 health inequalities

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Quarterly report on progress to address COVID-19 health inequalities

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Minister for Equalities' letter to the Prime Minister and Health Secretary on the first COVID-19 disparities report

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Minister for Equalities' letter to the Prime Minister and Health Secretary on the first COVID-19 disparities report

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This is the first quarterly report on progress to address the findings of Public Health England’s (PHE) review into disparities in the risks and outcomes of COVID-19.

The PHE review set out some of what was known at the time about COVID-19 and ethnicity.  It told us what the disparities in risks and outcomes were, but not why they had arisen or what could be done about them.

The Race Disparity Unit has been working collaboratively across government and with the Office for National Statistics, and is liaising with universities and researchers to build the evidence base and to get a better understanding of what is driving these disparities.

Published 22 October 2020
Last updated 22 October 2020 + show all updates

1. 22 October 2020

   Added a PDF of the covering letter from the Minister for Equalities to the Prime Minister and Health Secretary.

2. 22 October 2020

   First published.