Covid-19: Recording of ethnicity data to be mandatory on death certificates
The recording of ethnicity data on death certificates in England is set to become mandatory in a bid to tackle health disparities of Covid-19. The government’s quarterly report on progress to address Covid-19 health inequalities addresses a number of ways data can be used to better understand why patients from minority ethnic backgrounds are at […]
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