The results pose “a major challenge” to the health service, and senior figures should not “sweep them under the carpet”, she urged. Harriet Harman, the former cabinet minister who chairs the committee, warned NHS bosses that they are obliged not to discriminate. The findings followed concern that black doctors in the health service are often paid less than white colleagues and are less likely to be promoted. The NHS is currently grappling with how to tackle the disproportionate number of deaths from Covid-19 among its black, Asian and minority ethnic staff. The report will be published and debated with the authors at an evidence session on Monday. The survey was commissioned by MPs and peers on the joint committee on human rights as part of its inquiry into black people, racism and human rights in the UK. When asked if they thought it was, 34.3% disagreed and another 29.6% disagreed strongly, while just 19.9% agreed and a further 2.4% agreed strongly. Overall, 64% of black people do not believe that their health is as protected by the NHS compared with white people’s.
That negative view of the health service is shared by a majority of black people of almost all ages, and is held especially strongly by black women, according to findings of a study commissioned by a parliamentary committee. Almost two-thirds of black Britons think the NHS does less to protect their health than that of white people, research has found.
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