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At with a level of urgency. within the observatory, we carried out a review back in april of this year which highlighted some of the issues, the inaccuracies, potential inaccuracies in readings for people with darker pigmentation. that review was earlier this year, but issues around oximetres have been raised since the late 1980s. they were introduced in the early 1980s. how much of an understanding has there been of that, if it has been flagged up for so long? our research review dates back to the 1990s and indicates that more detailed analyses and independent assessments are needed to help d...

The uk health secretary sajid javid has said some people may have died as a result of potential racial bias in the design and use of some medical devices. the government has launched a review following research suggesting that, during the pandemic, patients from some ethnic minorities have been at greater risk of receiving inaccurate results from oximeters, which measure oxygen in the blood. joining me now is dr habib naqvi, director of the nhs race and health observatory. thank you forjoining us. is this something that you have been aware of? it something that you have been aware of? , ., , ,...

Signs, is information being appropriately shared? these are just some of the questions that arise. of course we are at a very early stage at the moment. we have to leave no stone unturned in looking at this heinous crime, and doing all we can to prevent something like this happening again. if to prevent something like this happening again-— to prevent something like this hauenina aaain. happening again. if you could make one change — happening again. if you could make one change to _ happening again. if you could make one change to it, _ happening again. if you could make one change to it,...

Announcement this week that another look would be taken at the origins of covid? >> well, the president had the national security advisor launch a review back in march, shortly after he took office, and he got a report -- the first report back on that review earlier this month and asked some follow-up questions and it was finally this week where the intelligence community came back and was prepared to declassify its conclusion that it really had no firm conclusion. two agencies in the intelligence community believe it was a natural occurring event. one agency believes it might have been a lab ...