04.01.11
Over-correcting?
Strange, the unanticipated effects of a push for equality.
A new study on access to stroke care in south London over the 14 years to 2009 found that black patients were 76% more likely than white patients to be admitted to a dedicated stroke unit.
Older and poorer people were less likely to receive brain imaging.
How many of these decisions were made consciously? Because surely there are few written policies suggesting people be treated so differently based on their age, race or wealth, considering the NHS’s pride in offering universal access and universal care.
The authors of the study, published in the BMJ, seemed to be as surprised at anyone at the “significant inequalities” the data exposed. So what is going on?
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