Ethnic and social inequalities in COVID-19 outcomes in Scotland : Protocol for early pandemic evaluation and enhanced surveillance of COVID-19 (EAVE II)

Funding Information: Funding This study is being funded by the UKRI Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity 4 (ES/W000849/1). PH, SVK, AHL and KJH are funded by the Medical Research Council (MC_UU_00022/2) and Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office (SPHSU17). SVK is funded by a NRS Senior Clinical Fellowship (SCAF/15/02). EAVE II is funded by the Medical Research Council (MR/R008345/1) with the support of BREATHE-The Health Data Research Hub for Respiratory Health (MC_PC_19004), which is funded through the UK Research and Innovation Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund and delivered through Health Data Research UK; with additional support from the Scottish Government DG Health and Social Care. Funding Information: Competing interests SVK is co-chair of the Scottish Government’s Expert Reference Group on Ethnicity and COVID-19 and a member of the UK Government’s Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (SAGE) subgroup on ethnicity and COVID-19. AS is a member of the Scottish Government’s Chief Medical Officer’s COVID-19 Advisory Group, the Scottish Government’s Expert Reference Group on ethnicity and COVID-19 and the UK Government’s Subgroup on Risk Stratification of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Group (NERVTAG). LR acts as a medical advisor to Scottish Government on primary care and public health, including vaccination issues. CRS reports grants from the UK National Institute for Health Research, Medical Research Council and New Zealand Health Research Council and The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Publisher Copyright: © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ.Peer reviewedPublisher PD