A Museum of Liverpool event highlighted the need for greater awareness of a serious lifelong condition.
The event discussed the issues arising after the "No One's Listening" report on the care and treatment of the blood disorder sickle cell and thalassemia. The conditions are particularly common in people with an African or Caribbean family background, according to the NHS.
The event, on October 15, explored the All-Party Parliamentary Group inquiry into "avoidable deaths and failures of care for patients" with sickle cell and thalassemia. The report, made in collaboration with the Sickle Cell Society, found "serious care failings...and evidence of attitudes underpinned by racism".
