TY - JOUR T1 - Benefits of inpatient contact tracing and illustration of social inequalities and their relation to increasing risk of hospitalisation by COVID-19 JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 1 LP - 2 DO - 10.7861/fhj.9-2-s1 VL - 9 IS - Suppl 2 AU - Sameer Ahmad AU - Changmin Doh AU - Mohamed Morgan AU - Oscar Han AU - Rachel Foster AU - Steve Pagden AU - Katherine Hullock Y1 - 2022/07/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/9/Suppl_2/1.abstract N2 - Strategies implemented to control COVID-19 transmission rates and reduce hospitalisation include vaccinations and contact tracing. With vaccinations effective in reducing hospital admissions owing to COVID-19, vaccine hesitancy may adversely affect this.1 Hesitancy rates rise to 21% in Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities.2 Additionally, social inequalities negatively affect hospitalisation risk by COVID-19. Mortality rate increases in BAME communities and with social deprivation.3NHS Test and Trace (NHSTT) aimed to reduce transmission through contact tracing. Following a pilot study at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (STH) identifying 65% of inpatients failing to engage with NHSTT, an inpatient … ER -