During today's Urgent Question on progress to understand and tackle covid-19 disparities experienced by individuals from an ethnic minority background, I asked the Minister how we will continue to support community leaders to ensure that the message gets through to every single part of our communities.
I recently held a virtual vaccine roundtable in Carshalton and Wallington with NHS leaders such as Dr Anu Jacob, Arlene Wellman and Nadine Wyatt, and community leaders such as Councillor Lily Bande, Councillor Param Nandha and Mukesh Rao, to encourage everyone, including ethnic minority groups, to get the vaccine, and it was a great success.
I welcomed the Government’s commitment to communicate the benefits of getting a COVID vaccine to hard-to-reach groups.
