joining me now from north london is the bma's council chair, dr chaand nagpaul.erned are you by these figures and do they accord with what your hear something yes, the figures are disturbing, 94% of all doctors who have died from covid—19 have come from a bame background. this figure cannot be explained on stat isical variation. so it is clear that the nhs hasa variation. so it is clear that the nhs has a duty of care to protect its workforce and risk assessments are key. they're the same as we do for the population, that certain members of population should be shielded, certain are vulnerable. what we know is that bame health ca re what we know is that bame health care workers who have a high risks, those who may be older, who may have diabetes or a heart condition, should they be in contact with the virus and become infected, that could seriously damage the health and cause death. it is right they should be risk assessed. without that, you basically have a situation where health care workers are putting themselves in harm's way and these statistics, it is a cal

joining me now from north london is the bma's council chair, dr chaand nagpaul.recommendations in this report in your view? this report you have been talking about is actually leaked, i have not seen about is actually leaked, i have not seen it, and that is the problem, that the report the government commissioned was meant to be launched by the end of may and when it was launched on the second june, it was launched on the second june, it had not included any recommendations. it was basically a statistical analysis of the risk to the bame community and one of the terms of reference of the review was specifically in recommendations. so it seems the recommendations were not published when the review was published on second june and what we are referring to now is this 69 page document that should have been part of the review but wasn't. so i haven't seen it. you haven't seen the leak either? 0nly you haven't seen the leak either? only on social media and you have parted, which is the problem. what we expected was the review to fulfil its term of reference, which inc

dr chaand nagpaul is chair of the british medical association.g with us. thank you very much for being with us. tell us what you want in terms of face masks and face coverings? the government made an announcement on friday about the need for face coverings to be won by visitors and outpatients to hospitals. it made no mention of gp practices or other nhs settings. it is also a requirement as of the 15th for all nhs staff in hospitals to be wearing face masks in allareas, hospitals to be wearing face masks in all areas, notjust when they are seeing patients. and this is important because we know the infection is still circulating the community and health care settings are areas where there are other ill people and if the infection spreads, it can have a really serious consequences. so controlling the spread is important. we need to make sure there is consistency and the public don't have mixed messages that it public don't have mixed messages thatitis public don't have mixed messages that it is only hospitals where they need to be wearing face cov

dr chaand nagpaul, council chair of the british medical association, thank you so much.o the death of a railway worker who was reportedly spat at by a man claiming to have coronavirus. police concluded last week that belly mujinga's death was not linked to the incident and closed the case. but since then more than a million people have signed a petition in support of ms mujinga and the police will now review the case, in recognition of the "wider public interest". the government in the republic of ireland has announced plans to accelerate its exit from lockdown. from monday, groups of six people can meet indoors or outdoors, provided social distancing is maintained. up to 15 people can take part in sport outdoors. and up to 25 people can attend funerals. retail stores and public libraries will also be able to reopen. a week later, shopping centres will be able to open. and, should the virus remain under control, tourist accommodation and pubs with restaurant licenses will be open to reopen towards the end ofjune. the deaths of 40,000 people who had covid—19 is a terrible

with me is dr chaand nagpaul, the council chair of the british medical association, the trade union andave been published two weeks ago and it has been today published after some leaks and it has been today published after some lea ks last and it has been today published after some leaks last week. it is overdue. what is really important is that this report has identified many actions and recommendations for change. and it's really important to now move beyond the rhetoric into implementing that change. there is not a single reason why we are seeing this really disturbing statistic of our ethnic minority populations been disproportionately affected. black communities are four times at the risk of death compared to white counterparts. for doctors who i represent, the figures have been more concerning, with more than 90% of doctors who have died, all coming from a bame background. there are multiple factors that day. in some instances this —— these factors interrelate. it is important we deliver the changes because that is the fairand right deliver the changes because that is the fair and