NHS Race & Health Observatory signs partnership agreement with NICE to tackle inequalities in health
On 7th May, the NHS Race & Health Observatory launched a two-year partnership with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to reduce racial bias in clinical guidelines. The partnership will begin by focussing on five key priorities:
- Mental health
- Maternal and neonatal health
- Genomics
- Sickle Cell
- Hypertension
Both organisations will align strategies and methods to ensure priority areas are fair and equitable and the partnership will see the Observatory providing guidance on NICE’s Equality and Health Inequalities Assessment (EHIA) processes as well as on the development of new guidelines.
