Zeshan Qureshi

Title: Developing anti-racist healthcare in the NHS

Supervisors: Professor Stephen John and Professor Tim Lewens

Outline

I am an NHS doctor and philosopher working in the area of antiracist medicine. My thesis is structured around two main issues: “How does race/ethnicity relate to health?” and “What underlying principles may help in understanding how the NHS ought to address the health needs of minoritised ethnic/racial groups?” I am exploring these issues with the aim of answering the question: "How can the use of ethnic/racial categorisation be used by the NHS and UK government to help improve healthcare?”

I am keen to work with fellow academics and healthcare professionals interested in antiracist medicine, as well as healthcare, government and educational institutions, so please get in touch if you want to chat more.

Key Publications

1. Medical education is still complicit in poor healthcare outcomes for ethnic minority patients. Qureshi Z BMJ 2023. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p2760

2. Should medicine be colour-blind? Suleman M, Qureshi Z. Journal of Medical Ethics. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme-2023-109634

3. Recognising the rights of doctors within GMC guidelines. Qureshi Z, Suleman M, BMJ Medical Ethics. 2022. https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2022/07/29/recognising-the-rights-of-doctors-within-gmc-guidelines/

4. Bringing diverse voices together. Qureshi Z, Suleman M, BMA, 2022. https://www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opinion/bringing-diverse-voices-together

5. Ethnicity, child health and paediatric services. Qureshi Z, Richards A, Kingdon C, Sinha I, Lokulo-Sodipe O, Rose AM. Archives of disease in childhood 2022. https://adc.bmj.com/content/108/6/453

6. Addressing racist parents in a paediatric setting: the nuance of zero tolerance policies. Qureshi Z, Suleman S, Richards A, Sheather J, Bishop H. BMJ 2021. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n3067

7. Racism is everywhere in the NHS and we urgently need to find solutions. 2021. Qureshi ZU, Sheikh J. BMJ Opinion 2021. https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/06/24/racism-is-everywhere-in-the-nhs-we-urgently-need-to-find-solutions/

8. Rapid response to: Acting on historically offensive content in BMJ’s archive. BMJ 2022. Qureshi Z. https://www.bmj.com/content/378/bmj.o1829/rr-6

9. Rapid response to: A cautionary tale for potentially dishonest doctors. BMJ 2022. Qureshi Z. https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1298/rr-5

10. Two metres or one: what is the evidence for physical distancing in covid-19? Jones NR, Qureshi ZU, Temple RJ, Larwood, JPJ, Greenhalgh T, Bourouiba L. BMJ 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3223

11. A Silenced Cry: Stillbirth still missing on the global health agenda. Qureshi Z, Millum J, Blencowe H, Kelley M, Fotrell E, Lawn JE, Costello A, Colbourn T. BMJ. 2015. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26400645/