🚨As UK Autumn COVID boosters rollout we publish data in BMC Medicine on HCWs' views about regular COVID vaccines from UK-Reach Study -23.5% HCWs hesitant ⬆️ in certain ethnic groups or if prior COVID ⬇️ If regular flu vaccine 🔹Info sources ➡️ important bit.ly/3CMXCGF

The Observatory is partnering with UK-Reach Study to undertake a longitudinal study looking at the impacts of long-COVID on the physical and mental health of healthcare workers. This report outlines the rationale and methodology that will drive the work. nhsrho.org/publications/r…

Pleased to see this new UK-Reach Study output with colleagues: Caring for Those Who Take Care of Others: Developing Systemic and Sustainable Mental Health Support for the Diverse Healthcare Workforce in the United Kingdom Dr Irtiza Qureshi @jonchaloner Laura Nellums mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/4…

Our paper in BMJ_Open from Mayuri Gogoi @jonchaloner. Grateful for The Health Foundation funding. One virus, many lives: a qualitative study of lived experiences and quality of life of adults from diverse backgrounds living in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/3/e…

Delighted our global meta-analysis on ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 outcomes in eClinicalMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science is out now. Systematic ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 health outcomes do exist in infection risk and clinical outcomes. Must address health inequalities sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Retention of ethnic minority staff is critical to resolving the NHS workforce crisis - via Prof Katherine Woolf Professor Manish Pareek et al bmj.com/content/380/bm…

Recruitment for the UK-REACH REACH-OUT Qualitative study is now open to Work Package 4 (Qualitative Study) participants. If you consented to the initial study and are willing to take part please log in on the link uk-reach.org/wp4/login/ or look out for an email from us soon.

Are you a healthcare worker who consented to the initial UK-Reach Study and have had COVID-19 and possibly #LongCovid? Please look out for an email from UK-REACH account as the recruitment for the qualitative study of UK- REACH REACH-OUT is NOW OPEN! Professor Manish Pareek

Really pleased to share our new paper from the BE-DIRECT study which is a substudy of UK-Reach Study Ethnic differences in cellular and humoral immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in UK healthcare workers: a cross-sectional analysis sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Invitations to participate in the REACH-OUT qualitative study are still going out to UK-REACH participants - have you had yours yet?

📢Our new UK-Reach Study is out today in OEM BMJ. We find: -Disparities in COVID risk assessments for healthcare workers based on ethnicity -Ethnic minority staff had more assessments but less work changes made -SARS-COV-2 infection affected assessments tinyurl.com/2vjsh6uj

Just out: Our new UK-Reach Study shows financial concerns among UK healthcare workers are ⬆️, with significant impact on mental health. Nurses+midwives particularly affected. Urgent need to support healthcare workforce. Prof Alison Leary 💙#ProtectNurse The RCN Royal College of Midwives 💙 bit.ly/44oMyee

Latest UK-REACH paper published today in BJPsych: Financial concerns among healthcare workers are a driving factor for declining mental health. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

🚨There is increasing concern about healthcare worker shortages. We examined HCW attrition in the UK-Reach Study which is out today in The Lancet Discrimination, feeling undervalued, and health-care workforce attrition: an analysis from the UK-Reach Study thelancet.com/journals/lance…

🚨Workshop announcement🚨 📢 for all non-clinical staff (particularly from ethnic minority backgrounds) ❓When: Wednesday, 15th Nov 2023 (12-2 pm) 📍Where: Thakrar Seminar Room – Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK Economic and Social Research Council Uni of Leicester Social Science Research #ESRCFestival Professor Manish Pareek

We are looking for UK healthcare/HR managers to help us understand how you've been helping team members with COVID and long COVID. What official guidance have you followed? What more might you need to support your colleagues more effectively? Help us to inform positive change.

The 5th UK-REACH Questionnaire is ow live! Please log into your UK-REACH account to complete it. uk-reach.org/main/login/

Published today in the European Journal of Midwifery: europeanjournalofmidwifery.eu/A-qualitative-… @jonchaloner Dr Irtiza Qureshi Amani Al-Oraibi Laura Nellums Professor Manish Pareek Prof Katherine Woolf

New UK-REACH I-CARE study is now looking at retention of Health Care Workers ... Questionnaire 6 is NOW OPEN AND we are recruiting new participants - please take a look...