Patients or passports? The ‘hostile environment’ in the NHS
| Autor: | Marta Mojarrieta Galaso, Johanna Kellett Wright, Kitty Worthing, Jessica Potter |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Economic growth
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) business.industry Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) media_common.quotation_subject Immigration Racism Data sharing Political science Debt Inequality and Prevention Pandemic Health care business health care economics and organizations media_common |
| Zdroj: | Future Healthc J |
| ISSN: | 2514-6653 2514-6645 |
| DOI: | 10.7861/fhj.2021-0007 |
| Popis: | Throughout the pandemic, the NHS has continued to charge certain patients for their care based on their immigration status and to report patients with outstanding debt to the Home Office. Research has consistently shown that these policies act as a significant barrier to healthcare access for already minoritised communities, and that during the pandemic patients have remained fearful and reluctant to seek care due to charging, including care for 'exempt' conditions such as COVID-19. Charging policies, and associated data sharing, represent only one of the myriad ways in which structural and 'every day' racism operate to impact health; however, they undoubtedly form a part of the picture as to why COVID-19 has disproportionately affected many minoritised communities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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