Recommendation 6

We welcome this step by the Government to record ethnicity on death certificates. However, we are disappointed that this has taken the Government so long. We agree with the Minister that the data would have been helpful, and we do not understand why collecting this data was delayed. This data will be valuable in assessing the impact of coronavirus on BAME people and will also add value to understanding wider health disparities. We urge the Government to ensure that the ethnicity data collected is disaggregated. We also recommend it is reported on a regular basis and in Unequal impact? Coronavirus and BAME people 49 disaggregated form. In implementing this policy, we urge the Government to consider allowing the informant of a death to report the ethnicity of a deceased individual.