Barts Health Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessment Report

www.brap.org.ukFigure 3.1.1b: % of people who, overall, felt they were treated with respect and dignity whilst in thehospital/at the Outpatients Department by ethnicity (where n>15) (2010/11) (merged total for all Trusts)Within BLT (whose surrounding area has by far the largest Bangladeshi population) 43.48%of Bangladeshis claimed they were not always treated with dignity and respect. In contrast,the high proportion of Indian people claiming to have been treated in this way can beaccounted for by the experience of outpatients at Whipps Cross and both in- and outpatientsat Newham.It is important to note that the figures can be skewed by relatively small sample sizes.However, it is clear that BME patients are more likely to report not always being treated withdignity and respect than White patients.SexAcross the three Trusts, one in five men (20.02%) report not always being treated withdignity and respect, a figure that rises to one in four (25.33%) in relation to women (seefigure 3.1.1c). Particularly significant is the proportion of women categorically stating theywere not treated with dignity and respect – 4.78% (compared with 1.90% of men).146