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<p>On 4 June the Government announced its next steps following the Public Health England
(PHE) Report, ‘Disparities in the risk and outcomes of COVID-19’, which was published
on 2 June.</p><p>PHE also engaged with a significant number of individuals and organisations
within the BAME community to hear their views about the impact of COVID-19. This work
informed a separate report, ‘Beyond the Data: understanding the impact of COVID-19
on BAME groups’, which was published on 16 June 2020.</p><p>Many of the recommendations
from the second report are already in train. For example, NHS Employers has published
– and continues to update – robust occupational risk assessment tools; and the Race
Disparity Unit continues to work to with Covid teams across Departments to improve
communications, outreach and engagement with ethnic minority communities. Furthermore,
many of the recommendations are being taken forward through the terms of reference
published on 4 June. This includes steps to assess and improve the quality of data
collected by ethnicity; and further strengthening and improving public health communications
to ensure they can reach and inform all communities across the country.</p><p>It's
critical that Government takes into account the voices of people who are impacted
by our actions. It's also critical that Departments base their actions on robust evidence,
so that we can be sure that they will have a positive impact.</p>
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