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• Study raises important questions about lockdown effects on BAME communities

  Date: 16 Jul 2020

  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 Jun 2020

  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: 2 Jun 2020

  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...

• Dr Pratik Choudhary to join world-leading Leicester Diabetes Centre

  Date: 20 May 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/pratik-choudhary

  The world-leading Leicester Diabetes Centre has announced that Dr Pratik Choudhary is to join its team of experts as a Professor in type 1...

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

  Date: 12 May 2020

  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: 6 May 2020

  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...

• Up to 1 in 3 of older people with schizophrenia might have undiagnosed diabetes

  Date: 2 Oct 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/03-diabetes-mental-health

  Researchers linked with the University of Leicester have found high rates of diabetes in schizophrenia which is often overlooked.

• East Midlands gets £9 million health boost

  Date: 10 Jul 2019

  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...

• University of Leicester diabetes professors named among nation’s lifesavers

  Date: 15 May 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/16-nations-lifesavers

  Professor Kamlesh Khunti and Professor Melanie Davies CBE featured in national campaign.

• Up to a third of people with type 2 diabetes not taking prescriptions properly

  Date: 4 Apr 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/05-type-2-diabetes-prescriptions

  Leicester researchers have used a unique screening approach to suggest that nearly a third of people with type 2 diabetes may be putting their...