Ep. 3 BAME Health inequalities with Toral Shah
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Our guest on this episode is Toral Shah, a nutritional scientist and cancer campaigner. Toral tells us about her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 29, and discusses the efforts needed to address racial inequalities in cancer care.
The following Macmillan reports were discussed in this episode: The Rich Picture: People with cancer from BME groups: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/_images/bme-groups_tcm9-282778.pdf
No one overlooked: Experiences of BME people affected by cancer: https://be.macmillan.org.uk/Downloads/CancerInformation/LivingWithAndAfterCancer/MAC15365BMENo-one-overlooked--experiences-of-BME-people-affected-by-cancer.pdf
Mind the Gap - Cancer inequalities in London: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/_images/4057%20MAC%20Report%202017_tcm9-319858.pdf
The NHS England and NHS Improvement three-part video series ‘Learning from the experience of BME cancer patients’ (2020) were also highlighted:
Bias: https://youtu.be/BDSurHtFtZA
Communication: https://youtu.be/Oe2GKsejxQQ
Dignity: https://youtu.be/jhOlem7Hm-o
Please note the following correction to this episode: Toral was re-diagnosed in 2018, not 2008.
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