72% of #NHS staff who have died of #Covid-19 were of BAME origin.
17% of NHS staff are BAME.

It is very likely there is differential / increased exposure to the virus, but important we recognise & protect BAME colleagues who look to be at higher risk of severe illness from Covid-19. https://twitter.com/sridhartweet/status/1249702917516427266?s=20">https://twitter.com/sridhartw...

I couldn& #39;t find any data, so collated all the names I could find:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FbYf6NMX679OHwnousXlIspO9JUffBYfIz9bMWkk0hs/edit?usp=sharing
then">https://docs.google.com/spreadshe... I found out @ToryFibs is already recording NHS staff who died including ethnicity. https://twitter.com/ToryFibs/status/1249011588574728192?s=20">https://twitter.com/ToryFibs/...

Thanks to @NursingNotesUK and @ToryFibs for remembering all our colleagues who have died.

Also, to be fair, the Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/nhs-died-coronavirus-frontline-workers-victims/">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/nh...