United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 87593
Medical Equipment: Racial Discrimination
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6 December 2021
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23 December 2021 · Answer
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23 December 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of deaths that could be attributed to racial bias in medical equipment during the covid-19 outbreak.
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6 December 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of deaths that could be attributed to racial bias in medical equipment during the covid-19 outbreak.
Source: Commons
23 December 2021
Answer
The Department has made no specific estimate. However, a review is being conducted to understand the nature of issues, inaccuracies and risk in existing devices, determine whether actions are necessary and analyse evidence on potential issues in oximeters...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-12-06/87593
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1385380
- uk · wq-1385380 · source updated 23 December 2021