Shuri Network

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30 November 2020

Shuri Network named Network of the Year at 2020 TechWomen100 awards

Launched at Digital Health Summer School in July 2019 the Shuri Network is the first of its kind for women
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29 October 2020

Covid-19: Recording of ethnicity data to be mandatory on death certificates

The recording of ethnicity data on death certificates in England is set to become mandatory in a bid to tackle
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21 September 2020

Diversity and inclusion must be ‘at the core’ of NHSX and digital leadership

Speaking at Connect 2020 Sonia Patel said diversity had to be at the core of the service offered to patients
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25 August 2020

Newham trial of contact-tracing app a ‘step in the right direction’

Shuri Network co-founder, Dr Shera Chok, said it was “not clear” why a trial of the app in an ethnically
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6 August 2020

UKRI offers £5m for research into Covid-19 impact on BAME people

The funding is for ideas that address the vulnerability of BAME groups to Covid-19, or emerging social economic and cultural
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DH VSS - Shuri Network Panel
23 July 2020

Shuri Network co-founder talks about unimaginable response

One of the founders of the Shuri Network has said the organisation has taken off in a way she “couldn’t
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Minal Patel
22 July 2020

Digital NHS leader talks Covid-19 response and diversity

The associate director of digital transformation at The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS FT has said the Covid-19 pandemic has “brought about
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21 July 2020

The Shuri Network: One year on from its official launch

At the time of its launch the network had about 60 members but word quickly spread and the network has
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Data capture
19 June 2020

NHS Covid-19 data store fails to collect and analyse BAME data

The data protection impact assessment (DPIA) on the data store revealed that health information on the virus would not be
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17 June 2020

Collection of BAME Covid-19 data ‘should be mandated’

Public Health England (PHE) has released a series of recommendations aimed at reducing the disproportionate impact of coronavirus on BAME
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