Publications and Reports
Equality and Human Rights Annual Report
Equality Act 2010
The Equality Act 2010 supersedes all previous equality legislation – in particular the Disability Discrimination Act, Race Relations Act and Equal Pay Act. Employment regulations come into force from October 2010 and the Public Authority Duties from April 2011.
Equality Delivery System 2012
The NHS should achieve improvements in patient health, public health and patient safety for all, based on comprehensive evidence of needs and results
Public Sector Equality Duty
Complaints Report 2011
Data Collection Forms (DCFs) from 1 April to 31 July 2011 (including end of year figures for 2010/2011)
PALS Report 2011
Equality Data Collection from 1 April to 31 July 2011
Arden Cluster NHS Staff Survey results 2011
This report presents the findings of the 2011 national NHS staff survey conducted in Arden Cluster.
Religion or belief - a practical guide for the NHS
Research suggests that attention to the religious and cultural needs of patients and service users can contribute to their wellbeing and, for instance, reduce their length of stay in hospital. Religion and belief are therefore important considerations for all patients and staff. This guide, whilst summarising our legal obligations in this regard, also sets out how equality issues in religion or belief relate to the principles that underpin our health objectives.
Sexual Orientation - a practical guide for the NHS
There is increasing evidence of the Health Inequalities experienced by patients and service users as a result of their sexual orientation and how this can be addressed through better access and targeted intervention. Increasing protection under the law highlights the rights of lesbian, gay and bisexual people to receive equal treatment in the same way as everyone else.
Trans - a practical guide for the NHS
This guide is designed to equip NHS managers at all levels – as employers and as planners, commissioners and providers of services – to understand the needs of trans people so that they can ensure we care for them equally, alongside everyone else who works for the NHS or has need of our care.
The report of The Gender Equity Project
Gender is a key determinant of health status. It is a central element in how effectively people use particular services and in the likelihood of particular health outcomes. The resulting inequalities affect both sexes in specific instances – but the health of men in particular is widely accepted as being poorer than it need be.
Responding to violence against women and children – the role of the NHS
Report of the taskforce chaired by Sir George Alberti. Makes 23 recommendations for the NHS to respond to this issue which has a huge impact on the health of women and children in the UK. The Government now needs to respond to the report.
Better Together: A guide for people in the Health service on how you can help to build more cohesive communities
A report by ICoCo (the Institute for Community Cohesion) into the relationship between health and community cohesion with examples including Coventry City Council
Fair society, healthy lives – the Marmot Review
Looking at the relationship between health and socioeconomic conditions. “Reducing Health Inequalities is a matter of fairness and social justice.”To read an Executive Summary of this report, please click here
Inclusion health: improving primary care for socially excluded people
Published by World Class Commissioning. “Whilst significant progress has been made in delivering improvements in health outcomes across the population, meeting the needs of the small population of people with the most complex health needs remains a considerable challenge. A world class health service needs to deliver high quality and affordable care to all, and the ambition of driving services from good to great must be an ambition for all our citizens.”
Improving the health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities
Published by World Class Commissioning. This document is designed to help PCTs, working with local government and Learning Disability Partnership Boards, to Commission all health services, including primary care, community health services, mental health and acute care, in ways that are more responsive to – and provide better health outcomes for – people with learning disabilities.
Six lives: the provision of public services to people with learning disabilities
Complaints were made by Mencap on behalf of the families of six people with learning disabilities, all of whom died between 2003 and 2005 while in NHS or local authority care. This report by the Health Service Ombudsman and the Local Authority Ombudsman makes recommendations for all NHS and social care organisations.
Equality Bill: Making it work. Policy proposals for specific duties
The consultation document which gives a good idea of what our public body duties are likely to be with the introduction of the Equality Act.
Inclusion Health - Evidence pack
Full of data on socially excluded groups such as gypsies, sex workers, and homeless people. An addition to the document “Improving the way we meet the primary health care needs of the socially excluded”
Diversity in Diction
A guide to the appropriate use of language
The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s Triennial Review
This Review of society’s progress in equality, human rights and good relations is the first comprehensive picture of its kind, enumerating the gaps between our ambitions for fairness and the actuality.
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A disease of rapid onset, severe symptoms and brief duration. The majority of services provided by hospitals are for acute illnesses. - Commissioning
Process by which the health needs of the local population are identified. Priorities for investment are set and appropriate services are purchased and evaluated. Primary Care Trusts do not provide all of the healthcare services needed by the local population, they buy-in or commission services from other provider organisations. Typically this includes local hospitals. - Health Inequalities
Health inequalities can be defined as the differences in health status or in the distribution of health services between different population groups.