#BlackLivesMatterUK #MedTwitter #racismNotrace

In reference to #GeorgeFloyd someone in our medics chat just wrote how we should be grateful that we do not have “America’s race issues”

So, let’s just reflect on that
‘racism-free’ healthcare
that have here in the UK

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#BlackLivesMatterUK
Black men 4x more likely to be detained under Mental health act

Black women 5x more likely in die in childbirth

BME people more likely to have negative experiences in cancer care

Black men denied healthcare (& deported) for not having ‘right documents’

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In #ourNHS

Across all jobs, black men earn on average £7272 less than white men

Black doctors are paid on average £9,500 less

More likely to be referred to the GMC & face harsher sanctions

More likely to face bullying in the workplace & feel less able to raise concerns

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And RIGHT NOW in the UK
Black people are dying at 4x the rate of white people from covid

Deep pervasive structural racism

Has & continues to cut the lives short for BME communities

But yeah, People of colour in the UK are having a great time

#BlackLivesMatterUK

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