{"id":30790,"date":"2021-07-31T16:25:26","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T16:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=30790"},"modified":"2021-07-31T16:25:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T16:25:26","slug":"nhs-changes-blood-oxygen-monitor-guidance-as-review-finds-they-dont-work-as-well-for-black-and-asian-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2021\/07\/31\/nhs-changes-blood-oxygen-monitor-guidance-as-review-finds-they-dont-work-as-well-for-black-and-asian-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS changes blood oxygen monitor guidance as review finds they don\u2019t work as well for black and Asian patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30792\" src=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/oximeter-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/oximeter-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/oximeter-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/oximeter-1-770x770.jpg 770w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/oximeter-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/oximeter-1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/oximeter-1-293x293.jpg 293w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/oximeter-1-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/oximeter-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Medical experts\u2019 warnings that blood oxygen monitors don\u2019t work as well for people with darker skin tones have prompted the\u00a0<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/category\/nhs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-id=\"51\" data-m=\"{&quot;i&quot;:51,&quot;p&quot;:48,&quot;n&quot;:&quot;partnerLink&quot;,&quot;y&quot;:24,&quot;o&quot;:3}\">NHS<\/a> to publish enhanced guidance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/medical\/nhs-changes-blood-oxygen-monitor-guidance-as-review-finds-they-don-t-work-as-well-for-black-and-asian-patients\/ar-AAMMuvF?ocid=msedgntp\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>&nbsp; Medical experts\u2019 warnings that blood oxygen monitors don\u2019t work as well for people with darker skin tones have prompted the\u00a0NHS to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30793,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30790\/revisions\/30793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}