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• COVID-19 up to twice as likely to infect people of Black and Asian ethnicity

  Date: 12/11/2020 10:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/covid19-ethnicity

  According to researchers at the Universities of Leicester and Nottingham, COVID-19 up to twice as likely to infect people of Black and Asian ethnicity

• Heightened COVID-19 risk for BAME healthcare workers to be examined in major UK study

  Date: 28/07/2020 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/covid-bame-risk-study

  More than £2m of Government funding has been awarded to academics at the University of Leicester to investigate why people from BAME (black, Asian...

• Signs of early heart failure revealed in patients with type 2 diabetes

  Date: 16/07/2020 23:30:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/heart-failure-diabetes

  Adults with type 2 diabetes that have no history, signs or symptoms of heart problems have been shown to have severely limited exercise capacity.

• Study raises important questions about lockdown effects on BAME communities

  Date: 16/07/2020 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/lockdown-effects-on-bame-communities

  New research by University of Leicester academics reveals lockdown measures imposed in late March, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic,...

• Representing BAME individuals in Covid-19 research

  Date: 12/06/2020 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/bame-individuals

  Researchers must ensure people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups are proportionately represented in Covid-19 studies, according to...

• First clinical review confirms BAME and COVID-19 link

  Date: 02/06/2020 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/bame-covid-clinical-review

  Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) individuals are at an increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and adverse clinical outcomes, according to...

• New tool launched to reduce frontline NHS staff deaths from COVID-19

  Date: 12/05/2020 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/new-tool

  A new tool to reduce the number of frontline NHS staff deaths from COVID-19 has been launched across the health service today.

• Call for guidance after BAME COVID-19 death figures released

  Date: 06/05/2020 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/call-for-guidance

  Urgent guidance on how the NHS will seek to minimise risk to those people from BAME backgrounds who are receiving care and serving on the...

• East Midlands gets £9 million health boost

  Date: 10/07/2019 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/11-nihr-funding

  An organisation committed to improving the health and wellbeing of the East Midlands by speeding up the adoption of research and innovation into...

• Work of Leicester Real World Evidence Unit highlighted in recent Government policy document

  Date: 31/01/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/31-real-world-evidence-unit-nhs

  Leicester Real World Evidence Unit celebrated for cutting-edge work.