Unequal impact of COVID-19: BAME disproportionality
With the whole country and world waking up to the deeply entrenched structural equalities that have impacted the lives of our Black, Asian and other ethnic Minority communities, there is a collective appreciation that we need to go further to dismantle a system, and create new ones.
Local and national evidence shows that people from a Black, Asian or minority ethnic background are disproportionately impacted by Covid-19.
In response to this, the council implemented this working group to carry out a rapid 6-week programme to gather evidence of the impacts of Covid-19 and develop actions for supporting our residents during this time and beyond.
Intensive work has been underway to understand and take action to address the direct and indirect health impacts of Covid-19 on our Black, Asian and other Ethnic Minority communities in Camden, and to ensure that individuals and communities are protected both now and through the next phase of the pandemic, but also to bring about wider systemic change.
This document is us working in the open with you and shows the information that was provided by different service areas to the member-led working group for comment and to develop actions going forward.
The Black, Asian and other Ethnic Minority Inequalities and Covid-19 Working Group has benefitted from evidence and the lived experience of our residents, VCS partners, professionals and Members in guiding and shaping the Council’s response from bureaucratic to relational.
In this document you will find summaries of the data included in these presentation slides and the relevant links to documents.

This Health Equity Audit aims to establish the current prevalence of musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders within Camden's adult population and assess how current MSK services and resources are distributed in relation to the population's needs.

The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) involves the annual measurement of the height and weight of children in Reception (age 4-5) and Year 6 (age 10-11).

This report provides an overview of NCMP data from Camden schools in 2017/18 , with a particular emphasis on demographic analysis and deprivation.

An infographic presenting key messages from this analysis is also available.

Databook (Excel) to accompany the Camden Profile (https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/w/9m7e-5qyt/jubw-4nes).

2021 Census profile for London Borough of Camden area based on Topic Summary outputs

The Camden and Islington Public Health Intelligence team has recently completed a needs assessment of Long Covid in North Central London, to explore the burden of Long Covid locally, its impact on residents, and analysis of the system response. The analysis highlights that expected prevalence of Long Covid is much higher than recorded diagnoses in primary care, suggesting that many people with Long Covid may not be receiving a formal diagnosis. The analysis also explores patterns in expected prevalence, diagnosis and referral rates by age, gender, deprivation and ethnicity, variation between primary care networks, and analysis of data from NCL’s Post-Covid specialist clinic. This analysis will help to identify opportunities to improve Long Covid awareness, pathways and care.

Camden and Islington annual public health report focusing on tackling health inequalities.

This presentation is part of an ongoing series of analyses of the impact of housing benefit and other welfare changes.

This updated profile incorporate the most recent ward data available from population forecasts, from surveys and from administrative data to give the best current view of the local population. They include current population and forecast changes; household income levels and deprivation; local workplace employment levels; levels of welfare claimants and unemployment benefit recipients; life expectancy and crime.

ONS produced the 2011 Census Councillor Handbook: “This handbook explains what the census is all about, why it matters and how you can help us spread the word in your council and community.”