If you are interested, I've got material that was piloted with support by the NHS
Ethnic Health Unit in 1996-7
Michael Chan
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On Wed, 16 Aug 2000 13:10:48 +0100 Lorraine Culley wrote:
> From: Lorraine Culley <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 13:10:48 +0100
> Subject: Ethnic Monitoring in Primary Care
> To: Minority ethnic health mailbase <[log in to unmask]>
> Cc: Benjamin Jones <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> Reading with interest the messages about READ codes in primary care. I am
> interested in doing some work around appropriate and effective monitoring in
> primary care. Anecdotal evidence on collection of data on ethnicity in
> hospitals suggests this is often done really badly (or not at all). This
> raises issues about staff training to ask about ethnicity effectively and
> sensitively (and issues about management commitment to the process!). Good
> data collection in primary care is really important and more so with PCTs
> and Care Trusts on the horizon. I am aware of the work by Pringle et al.
> Does anyone know of any other literature/research/projects etc. on this
> issue? I am particularly interested in training needs for staff (and wider
> policy issues) - but of course the technical stuff on codes etc. is vital if
> the information is to be put to good use.
>
> Thanks
>
> Lorraine Culley
> Reader in Health Studies
> De Montfort University
> Leicester.
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> 0116 257 7753.
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