Sir Michael Marmot

IHE review recommends TfL works with London bus companies to improve engagement with health promotion initiatives to reduce the risk among London bus drivers of diseases such as hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular disease #busdrivershealthhttps://bit.ly/2020LBDR 

IHE review highlights many London bus drivers had underlying health conditions – hypertension, cardiovascular disease and diabetes – which are associated with increased likelihood that infection with COVID-19 becomes fatal #busdrivershealthhttps://bit.ly/2020LBDR 

IHE review recommends TfL works with London bus companies to implement PHE’s report “Beyond the data: Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on BAME groups” #busdrivershealthhttps://bit.ly/2020LBDR 

IHE review shows a high proportion of drivers who died lived in the quarter of London Boroughs with the highest COVID-19 death rates in April 2020. A high proportion were also from BAME backgrounds #busdrivershealthhttps://bit.ly/2020LBDR 

IHE review recommends TfL works with London bus companies to screen all drivers for their health risk, with those most vulnerable to dying from the virus receiving the most benefit to reduce infection risk #busdrivershealthhttps://bit.ly/2020LBDR 

IHE review explicitly suggests that lockdown was the main factor that saved London bus drivers’ lives from Covid-19 – an earlier lockdown would likely have saved more lives #busdrivershealthhttps://bit.ly/2020LBDR 

IHE review confirms London bus drivers had 3.5 times higher risk of dying from Covid-19 than men in England and Wales of the same age in all occupations between March and May #busdrivershealthhttps://bit.ly/2020LBDR