Sickle cell disease: inquiry finds serious care failings and racism towards patients

Patients with sickle cell disease admitted into general wards or attending emergency departments in England face substandard care and negative attitudes, with some exposed to blatant racism, an inquiry has found.1

The No One’s Listening report was triggered by a coroner’s report into the avoidable death of 21 year old Evan Nathan Smith in North Middlesex in April 2019. It is based on evidence sessions with patients, clinicians, and politicians and was jointly published by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia and the charity Sickle Cell Society.

The …