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Mind your language: interpreters in Mental Health Act assessments

Photo of Professor Alys YoungRebecca TiptonPhoto of Dr Natalia Rodriguez-Vicente By Alys Young, Rebecca Tipton and Natalia Rodríguez-Vicente Filed Under: Ethnicity, Health and Care, Health and Social Care, Open Minds Posted: April 4, 2024

In England and Wales, the Mental Health Act can be used to detain people experiencing a mental health crisis, and who may pose a danger to themselves or others. However, some of those assessed under these powers will not use spoken English. Here, Professor Alys Young, Dr Rebecca Tipton, and Dr Natalia Rodríguez-Vicente explore the effects on the assessment […]

Tagged With: diversity, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, immigration, inequalities, mental health, Racial Inequalities, SALC, SHS

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What’s your language? Variation, dialect, interpreters and public services

Leonie Gaieser author imageRebecca Tipton By Leonie Gaiser and Rebecca Tipton Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity, Health and Care, Health and Social Care, primary care services Posted: November 14, 2023

As our public services face increasing linguistic diversity, booking a spoken language interpreter is often more complex than service providers realise or are trained to handle. In this article, Dr Leonie Gaiser and Dr Rebecca Tipton draw on their cross-disciplinary expertise in Linguistics and Interpreting Studies, to explore challenges in arranging language provision and discuss […]

Tagged With: health, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, NHS

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The unequal impact of the cost-of-living crisis

Camilla Lewis By Camilla Lewis, Sophie Yarker and Christopher Phillipson Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity, Levelling up, Urban Posted: November 7, 2023

More than two million pensioners in the UK live below the poverty line, with many more living just above it. Many groups within the older population are at a budgetary crisis point, reflecting a combination of the long-term impacts of COVID-19, cuts affecting health and social care, and the cost-of-living crisis. In this article, Camilla […]

Tagged With: communities, inequalities, Levelling Up, local government

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Race equality in Greater Manchester: opportunities and challenges of collaboration

By Nigel de Noronha Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity, Growth and Inclusion Posted: August 31, 2022

In 2021 the report of the Independent Inequalities Commission for Greater Manchester emphasised the need to put wellbeing and equality goals at the heart of the Greater Manchester Strategy. They recommended the development of a Race Equality Strategy. This led to a collaboration between the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and the Centre for Dynamics […]

Tagged With: CoDE, communities, diversity, GMCA, Greater Manchester, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inequalities, local government, Racial Inequalities, SoSS, wellbeing

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The economic impact of COVID-19 on ethnic minorities in Manchester

Arkadiusz Wiśniowski By Arkadiusz Wiśniowski Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Ethnicity, Growth and Inclusion Posted: November 16, 2021

Greater Manchester has seen some of the highest rates of COVID-19 and as a result has faced particularly stringent lockdown regulations. With Manchester being one of the most deprived local authorities in England, many neighbourhoods and communities were less resilient to the economic shock caused by the pandemic. In this blog, Dr Arkadiusz Wiśniowski, Senior […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, Greater Manchester, inequalities, Levelling Up, Racial Inequalities, wellbeing

Why the success of a green recovery requires engaging with – and learning from – minority communities

By Sherilyn MacGregor and Nafhesa Ali Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity, Inclusive Growth, Urban Posted: April 21, 2021

 Although the UK has world-leading net zero targets, simply setting the target is not enough. Achieving it requires the participation of all sectors of society. However, racialized minority communities are underrepresented in mainstream approaches to achieving environmental sustainability. To redress this marginalization, Dr Sherilyn MacGregor and Dr Nafhesa Ali from the Sustainable Consumption Institute explain […]

Tagged With: climate change, communities, energy, immigration, inclusive growth, inequalities, inequality, Levelling Up, SCI, SoSS, sustainability

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Area-based vaccination would better protect against COVID-19

By Ruth Watkinson and Matt Sutton Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: February 26, 2021

The early stages of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the UK have been a remarkable success from many perspectives: we have one of the highest rates of vaccination per capita, high uptake, and the government has met its first vaccination target. However, this rollout has taken place amidst a devastating surge of COVID-19 deaths, and […]

Tagged With: #IHPO, AMBS, communities, COVID-19, Health & Social Care, health and social care, HOPE, inequality, Pandemic, public health

Inequalities in ageing: health disadvantages amongst ethnic minority groups

By Ruth Watkinson and Alex Turner Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: February 1, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on most ethnic minority groups in England. But this inequality is a crisis within a crisis – the pandemic has laid bare and exacerbated existing deep-rooted health inequalities. Here, Dr Ruth Watkinson and Dr Alex Turner, from the Health Organisation, Policy and Economics group (HOPE) and the […]

Tagged With: #IHPO, care quality, communities, COVID-19, disability, Health & Social Care, health and social care, Health inequalities, HOPE, inequalities, inequality, NHS, NHS improvement, Pandemic, Racial Inequalities

Job value and job status during the COVID-19 pandemic: Recognising migrants as ‘critical’ but neglected workers

Stefania MarinoMiguel Martínez Lucio By Stefania Marino, Miguel Martínez Lucio and Anthony Rafferty Filed Under: All posts, Brexit, Ethnicity, Health and Social Care Posted: January 6, 2021

During the current pandemic, governments have devoted much debate and effort to the maintenance of critical sectors of the economy – namely those that need to remain active to guarantee basic economic and social functioning, at least in the short to medium term. Many of these sectors are heavily dependent on workers typically seen as […]

Tagged With: AMBS, COVID-19, employment, immigration, labour market, Pandemic, productivity, social work, WEI

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Contradiction and hypocrisy: juxtaposed approaches to immigration  

By William Shankley Filed Under: Brexit, British Politics, Ethnicity, Europe Posted: July 30, 2019

In recent years the government has been seen to take a hard-line stance on immigration policy. Yet it has launched numerous pro-immigration initiatives, with the primary aim of filling the labour deficit that exists in multiple sectors. Focus on these two conflicting approaches to immigration diverges hugely, with schemes that openly recognise the need for […]

Tagged With: #SDG Decent Work and Economic Growth, #SDG Reduced Inequalities, food & agriculture, immigration, inequalities, labour market, productivity, work & pensions

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