Living less safely through the pandemic in England for people with serious mental and physical health conditions: qualitative interviews with service users and carers of Black African, Caribbean, and South-Asian descent.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 Ethnic Inequalities in Mental health and Multimorbidities (COVEIMM) is a mixed methods study to explore whether COVID-19 exacerbated ethnic health inequalities in adults with serious mental and physical health conditions. We analysed data from electronic health records for England and conducted interviews in Birmingham and Solihull, Manchester, and South London. Sites were selected because they were pilot sites for the Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework being introduced by NHS England to tackle race inequalities in mental health. Prior to the pandemic people in England with severe mental illnesses (SMIs) faced an 11-17-year reduction in life expectancy, mostly due to preventable, long-term, physical health conditions. During the pandemic there was a marke

SUBMITTER: Ocloo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11452990 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature