Document

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Single Equality SchemeSummary consultation documentWe have produced a draft single equality scheme and action plans, which demonstrate our commitment to equality as a commissioner (buyer of services), provider of services and as an employer. Your views and responses to this consultation document will help us to get our equality priorities right and also make sure that our activities in the action plans are realistic and achievable.

Purpose and scope of consultationThe purpose of this consultation is to seek views from service users, stakeholders, staff and the public about the draft scheme and its priorities. These views will inform the final scheme, ensuring that it both reflects the needs of the people we serve and meets our legal obligations.

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Your views are important to us. They will be taken into account in our final scheme, which will be published in December 2010.Before responding to this consultation, you may find it useful to look at our website www.kirklees.nhs.uk to see the kind of work we do. If you would like a hard copy of this document or in a different format, such as large print, easy read or a different language, please telephone 01484 464074 or email [email protected]. A copy of the full draft scheme can be found at www.kirklees.nhs.uk/public-information/equality-and-diversity or you can contact the Equality and Diversity Manager at [email protected] tel: 01484 464039.

Responding to the consultationWe would like to know what you think about our proposals so we have included a response form in this document. The consultation runs from 16 August until 7 November 2010 and there are a number of ways you can give us your comments.

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Fill in the response form in this documentYou can send this, no stamp needed, to: NHS Kirklees, FREEPOST RSHB-GRJU-ALSL, Patient and Public Involvement, Broad Lea House, Bradley Business Park, Dyson Wood Way, Bradley, Huddersfield, HD2 1GZ.Fill in the form online on our website at: www.kirklees.nhs.uk/public-information/equality-and-diversity/consultation-surveyCall us: 01484 464024 / 5 to commentEmail your response to: [email protected]

Meetings for voluntary and community groups/organisationsIf you would like someone to meet with you to discuss these proposals, please phone 01484 464024/5 or email [email protected] and we will try to arrange this.

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More informationIf you would like to discuss this consultation in more detail, please contact the Equality and Diversity Manager on 01484 464039 or email [email protected]

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IntroductionWho we are and what we doAs the leader of the local NHS, NHS Kirklees has the explicit aim of addressing health inequalities, improving health outcomes and focusing on the health and wellbeing of the population.NHS Kirklees was established in 2006 from three former Primary Care Trusts (PCT) in Huddersfield and north Kirklees. We have the same boundaries as Kirklees Council and organise our work across the same seven localities, which are shown on the map below.In common with other PCTs, we have three main functions:1. engaging with our local population to improve health and well-being;

2. commissioning a comprehensive and equitable range of high quality, responsive and efficient services within allocated resources, across all service sectors; and

3. directly providing high quality, responsive and efficient services where this gives best value.

As a PCT, we are responsible for making sure that NHS services are in place to meet the needs of

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local people. The PCT is accountable for making sure that these services are safe, accessible, high quality and provide value for money.In line with national developments, NHS Kirklees has recently internally separated its commissioning function from its community health services. Kirklees Community Healthcare Services (KCHS) is the provider arm of NHS Kirklees and remains accountable to the board of NHS Kirklees.

Our visionWorking together to achieve the best health and well being for all the people of Kirklees.

Our values• To recognise that people are at the heart of everything we do.

• To support people in taking responsibility for their own health and well being.

• To show understanding, dignity and respect for all our clients, partners and staff.

• To encourage open, clear and honest communication.

• To value diversity and challenge discrimination.

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• To encourage innovation and continuous improvement and celebrate the contribution made by our staff.

• To be accountable for the decisions we make, the work we do, the resources we use and the impact on the environment.

Our strategic goals• Raise male and female life expectancy at birth so that it is not significantly below the national average in any part of Kirklees.

• Improve health outcomes for children and young people, working in partnership to improve life chances and safeguard children.

• Target individuals and populations to tackle health and well being inequalities, focusing on the priority issues identified locally. Provide advice, support and care to these individuals, families and communities, in the form of high quality targeted interventions known to work, to increase the control they have over their own health and wellbeing.

• Empower those people in Kirklees with a long term condition to exercise control over their own

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lives and be central to the decision making about their own care, so preventing problems arising or worsening and enabling them to independently manage their own health and well being.

The population we serveKirklees comprises both urban and rural communities. The total population in 2009 was approximately 427,700. By 2025 the population is predicted to increase by 6.4% to nearly 455,000.Currently, nearly one in four of the population are aged under 19 years. Half the population is of working age and just under one in seven aged over 65 years. By 2025 the proportion in the working age group will have reduced and those aged over 65 will have increased to nearly one in five as people live longer than before. The increase in those aged over 65 includes a large increase in the proportion living over 85 years. Overall the numbers of births are slightly increasing, particularly among families of South Asian origin. More than one in four young people under 19 are now of South Asian origin.Kirklees has a diverse ethnic mix, with a higher proportion of our population from ethnic minorities than for England as a whole. The

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largest ethnic minority groups in Kirklees are Pakistani (7%) and Indian (4%). There is a small African Caribbean population mainly located in Huddersfield.Kirklees is the 82nd most deprived local authority area out of 354 in England. More than 70,000 people locally are now classed as income deprived. This varies across the localities with Dewsbury and Mirfield having 46% of its population living in the 20% most deprived areas, Batley, Birstall and Mirfield 38% and Huddersfield South 37%. Denby Dale and Kirkburton and The Valleys have the lowest proportion of their population living in deprived areas.

What is a single equality scheme?As a public authority, we have a legal requirement to promote equality in relation to gender, race and disability. The new Equality Act 2010 will extend our legal obligations to cover age, sexual orientation, religion and belief and gender reassignment.This scheme helps us meet our legal duties, promote equality and focus on what is important to our workforce and the community we serve. It explains why equality is important and how

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we can fulfil our objectives in a way that will be meaningful to our stakeholders and promote equality for all our staff and the population of Kirklees. The development of a single equality scheme provides a framework to integrate equality and diversity into all that we do so that it becomes an integral part of how we carry out our day to day work. Our first ever single equality scheme was published in 2007. Since then we have continuously strived to meet and understand the changing needs of our staff and the people living in Kirklees. The single equality scheme will build on the good work we have already done and will help us to harmonise and coordinate our approach to meeting our equality duties. Our single equality scheme is a ‘living’ document that will develop and evolve in line with legislative and policy changes, feedback from stakeholders and changing priorities.

What do we mean by equality and diversity?Equality means treating everyone with equal dignity and worth regardless of particular characteristics such as their age, disability, gender,

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ethnicity, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. People have different needs, situations and goals. Thus, achieving equality requires the removal of discriminatory barriers that limit what people can do and can be. We recognise that people can experience inequality in terms of:• Outcomes• Access to services• Inequality to treatment, through direct and indirect discrimination or disadvantage imposed by other individuals, groups, institutions or systems intentionally or inadvertently.

Diversity encompasses acceptance and respect. It means understanding that each individual is unique and recognising our individual differences. Diversity builds on equality and focuses on how individual differences and their strengths can be valued for the benefit of both the organisation and the individual.

What have we achieved so far?The PCT has been working hard in many areas over several years to promote equality for our service users and employees. Listed below are examples of progress made by NHS Kirklees:

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1. In 2007, we established an equality and diversity steering group chaired by a non-executive director of the PCT, which reports to the communications and public relations committee. The steering group meets on a bi-monthly basis and includes senior representation from all directorates.

2. In October 2009, we appointed a permanent part-time equality and diversity manager who is our strategic lead for equality and human rights.

3. Equality and diversity training is compulsory for all staff and we include general equality and diversity awareness as part of the mandatory training programme for all new starters. Board members have received bespoke equality and diversity training and HR provides an annual employment update for managers.

4. Diversity driver assessment workshop delivered in January 2009.

5. There are regular reports on the workforce, which includes a range of monitoring data that show the profile of staff by race, gender, disability, religion, age and sexual orientation. We also monitor the progression of staff through the recruitment and selection process, sickness absence and staff undergoing the performance process.

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6. NHS Kirklees publishes an annual report, which includes the range of workforce monitoring data as well as details of key work carried out and a summary of findings from the annual staff survey.

7. In 2009, all the PCT buildings were audited for DDA compliance. As a result issues identified at Holme Valley Hospital were addressed as part of the Hawthorne Ward scheme and an induction loop was included in the reception design for the new HQ along with braille signage. Other issues identified have been proiritised within the PCT’s overall estate plans.

8. In 2010, the Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) team added an equality monitoring section to the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment questionnaire used for public consultation, so that feedback could be disaggregated by equality group.

9. The PPI team is currently developing a stakeholders database in partnership with Voluntary Action Kirklees (VAK). The database will include details of seldom heard groups.

10. As part of the public health Women of Childbearing Age (WocBA) project, a new drop-in centre called Auntie Pam’s has been set up in Dewsbury. The project has been designed for

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local women by local women and is staffed by volunteers with personal experience of pregnancy and parenthood. It is targeted at pregnant women, aged 15 – 25, who are not engaged with services.

11. A free stop smoking club for women, ‘Time for Me’, has recently been launched in Batley.

Our key prioritiesWe have decided on five priority areas for the scheme action plan, these are; • Leadership, corporate commitment and governance

• Embedding equality impact assessment (a process used to review our work)

• Consulting and engaging with our communities

• Accessibility and communications• Workforce and training (being a good employer).

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Single Equality SchemeAction Plan 2010-2013

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Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale

RaceDisabilityGender

AgeReligion/ Belief

Sexual orientatioin

Hu

man

Rig

hts

Lead

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ip, c

orp

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te c

om

mit

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t an

d g

ove

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atify

the

sin

gle

equa

lity

sche

me

and

actio

n pl

ans.

b. P

ublis

h SE

S on

w

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te a

nd in

tran

et

Stak

ehol

ders

ar

e in

form

ed o

f th

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ust’s

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k an

d pr

ogre

ss

on t

he e

qual

ity

and

dive

rsity

ag

enda

.

SES

com

plia

nt

with

lega

l dut

ies

Dire

ctor

of

Cor

pora

te

Serv

ices

/Eq

ualit

y an

d D

iver

sity

M

anag

er

Dec

embe

r 20

10✓

✓✓

✓✓

✓

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Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


AgeReligion/ Belief

Sexual orientatioin

Hu

man

Rig

hts

2.C

arry

out

an

annu

al

revi

ew o

f th

e SE

S an

d pu

blis

h a

repo

rt

on p

rogr

ess

agai

nst

the

actio

n pl

ans

Act

ion

plan

s m

onito

red

and

stak

ehol

ders

in

form

ed o

f pr

ogre

ss

Dire

ctor

of

Cor

pora

te

Serv

ices

/ Eq

ualit

y an

d D

iver

sity

M

anag

er

Dec

embe

r 20

11

– th

en

annu

ally

✓✓

✓✓

✓✓

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Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


AgeReligion/ Belief

Sexual orientatioin

Hu

man

Rig

hts

3.Re

view

the

SE

S fo

llow

ing

impl

emen

tatio

n of

th

e ne

w e

qual

ity

dutie

s

SES

com

plia

nt

with

lega

l dut

ies

Equa

lity

and

Div

ersi

ty

Man

ager

/Eq

ualit

y an

d di

vers

ity

stee

ring

grou

p

May

201

1✓

✓✓

✓✓

✓

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Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


AgeReligion/ Belief

Sexual orientatioin

Hu

man

Rig

hts

4.Id

entif

y no

n-ex

ecut

ive

equa

lity

cham

pion

s to

lead

on

the

pro

mot

ion

of e

qual

ity a

t Bo

ard

leve

l

Equa

lity

and

dive

rsity

issu

es

are

cham

pion

ed

at B

oard

leve

l

Dire

ctor

of

Cor

pora

te

Serv

ices

Aug

ust

2010

✓✓

✓✓

✓✓

5.Id

entif

y eq

ualit

y ch

ampi

ons

in e

ach

dire

ctor

ate

to

supp

ort

and

advi

se

staf

f

Impr

oved

ca

paci

ty a

nd

supp

ort

on

equa

lity

and

dive

rsity

issu

es

acro

ss t

he

orga

nisa

tion

All

Dire

ctor

sA

ugus

t 20

10✓

✓✓

✓✓

✓

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Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


AgeReligion/ Belief

Sexual orientatioin

Hu

man

Rig

hts

6.Re

vise

the

Boa

rd

cove

r sh

eet

to in

clud

e th

e re

quire

men

t fo

r th

e co

mpl

etio

n of

an

equ

ality

impa

ct

asse

ssm

ent

befo

re

prop

osal

s ar

e su

bmitt

ed t

o Bo

ard

Equa

lity

and

dive

rsity

is

embe

dded

in

the

Tru

st’s

gove

rnan

ce

arra

ngem

ents

Equa

lity

and

Div

ersi

ty

Man

ager

Sept

embe

r 20

10✓

✓✓

✓✓

✓

7.Se

t eq

ualit

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ject

ives

for

all

Dire

ctor

s an

d in

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ann

ual a

ppra

isal

do

cum

ent

Incr

ease

d le

ader

ship

en

gage

men

t in

equ

ality

and

di

vers

ity is

sues

.

Chi

ef

Exec

utiv

eJu

ly 2

010

– se

t an

nual

ly

✓✓

✓✓

✓✓

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Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


AgeReligion/ Belief

Sexual orientatioin

Hu

man

Rig

hts

8.Pr

ovid

e br

iefin

g to

Bo

ard

on t

he E

qual

ity

Act

201

0

Boar

d un

ders

tand

the

im

plic

atio

ns

of t

he n

ew

equa

lity

legi

slat

ion.

Port

folio

M

anag

er

Clin

ical

G

over

nanc

e/

Equa

lity

and

Div

ersi

ty

Man

ager

Dec

embe

r 20

10✓

✓✓

✓✓

✓

Emb

edd

ing

eq

ual

ity

imp

act

asse

ssm

ent

(Eq

IA)

1.A

sses

s po

licie

s an

d fu

nctio

ns

for

rele

vanc

e to

eq

ualit

ies

All

func

tions

an

d po

licie

s sc

reen

ed f

or

rele

vanc

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d em

bedd

ed in

th

ree

year

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A

plan

ning

cyc

le

All

dire

ctor

sA

ugus

t 20

10✓

✓✓

✓✓

✓

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Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


AgeReligion/ Belief

Sexual orientatioin

Hu

man

Rig

hts

2.D

evel

op a

nd p

ublis

h a

thre

e ye

ar E

qIA

pr

ogra

mm

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etab

le

in p

lace

and

ac

cess

ible

to

the

publ

ic

Equa

lity

and

Div

ersi

ty

Man

ager

Oct

ober

20

10✓

✓✓

✓✓

✓

3.D

evel

op a

new

EqI

A

tool

kit

and

publ

ish

on w

ebsi

te

Tool

kit

is fi

t fo

r pu

rpos

e an

d ea

sy t

o us

e by

st

aff

Equa

lity

and

Div

ersi

ty

Man

ager

Nov

embe

r 20

10✓

✓✓

✓✓

✓

– 23 –

Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


AgeReligion/ Belief

Sexual orientatioin

Hu

man

Rig

hts

4.Pr

ovid

e Eq

IA

trai

ning

for

equ

ality

ch

ampi

ons

Equa

lity

cham

pion

s ar

e eq

uipp

ed

with

the

ski

lls

they

nee

d to

car

ry o

ut

equa

lity

impa

ct

asse

ssm

ents

an

d ca

scad

e th

e tr

aini

ng t

o co

lleag

ues

Port

folio

M

anag

er

Clin

ical

G

over

nanc

e/

Equa

lity

and

Div

ersi

ty

Man

ager

Nov

embe

r 20

10✓

✓✓

✓✓

✓

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Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


AgeReligion/ Belief

Sexual orientatioin

Hu

man

Rig

hts

5.C

asca

de E

qIA

tr

aini

ng t

o le

ad

offic

ers

in e

ach

dire

ctor

ate

Staf

f ar

e eq

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ed

with

the

ski

lls

they

nee

d to

car

ry o

ut

equa

lity

impa

ct

asse

ssm

ents

Equa

lity

Cha

mpi

ons/

Eq

ualit

y an

d D

iver

sity

M

anag

er

Dec

embe

r 20

10

onw

ards

✓✓

✓✓

✓✓

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Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


AgeReligion/ Belief

Sexual orientatioin

Hu

man

Rig

hts

6.In

tegr

ate

actio

ns

from

EqI

A’s

into

se

rvic

e pl

anni

ng

fram

ewor

k an

d m

onito

r pr

ogre

ss

thro

ugh

equa

lity

and

dive

rsity

ste

erin

g gr

oup

EqIA

act

ions

m

ains

trea

med

in

to s

ervi

ce

plan

ning

fr

amew

ork

All

Dire

ctor

sA

pril

2011

✓✓

✓✓

✓✓

7.Pu

blis

h co

mpl

eted

Eq

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on w

ebsi

te a

nd

intr

anet

A r

obus

t an

d tr

ansp

aren

t Eq

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roce

ss

Hea

d of

C

omm

uni-

catio

ns

Ong

oing

✓✓

✓✓

✓✓

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Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


AgeReligion/ Belief

Sexual orientatioin

Hu

man

Rig

hts

8.D

evel

op m

echa

nism

s fo

r in

volv

ing

peop

le

from

equ

ality

gro

ups

in t

he E

qIA

pro

cess

Peop

le f

rom

eq

ualit

y ta

rget

gro

ups

have

gre

ater

in

fluen

ce in

th

e de

sign

and

de

velo

pmen

t of

tr

ust

polic

y an

d pr

actic

e

Hea

d of

PPI

Nov

embe

r 20

10✓

✓✓

✓✓

✓

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Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


AgeReligion/ Belief

Sexual orientatioin

Hu

man

Rig

hts

Co

nsu

ltin

g a

nd

en

gag

ing

wit

h o

ur

com

mu

nit

ies

1.C

arry

out

equ

ality

m

onito

ring

of t

he

PPI ‘

get

invo

lved

’ da

taba

se

Esta

blis

h w

heth

er t

he

data

base

is

repr

esen

tativ

e of

the

loca

l po

pula

tion

of

Kirk

lees

Hea

d of

PPI

Mar

ch

2011

✓✓

✓✓

✓✓

2.Pr

omot

e op

port

uniti

es t

o ‘g

et

invo

lved

’ to

unde

r re

pres

ente

d gr

oups

Dat

abas

e re

flect

s th

e lo

cal

popu

latio

n of

K

irkle

es

Hea

d of

PPI

Mar

ch

2011

, the

n on

goin

g

✓✓

✓✓

✓✓

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Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


AgeReligion/ Belief

Sexual orientatioin

Hu

man

Rig

hts

3.D

evel

op s

take

hold

er

data

base

in

part

ners

hip

with

VA

K, m

akin

g su

re

that

the

dat

abas

e re

flect

s gr

oups

fro

m

the

six

equa

lity

grou

ps

Impr

oved

co

nsul

tatio

n an

d en

gage

men

t w

ith e

qual

ity

targ

et g

roup

s

Hea

d of

PPI

Mar

ch

2011

✓✓

✓✓

✓✓

4.M

ake

sure

all

ques

tionn

aire

s pr

oduc

ed b

y an

d in

con

junc

tion

with

th

e PP

I Tea

m in

clud

e eq

ualit

y m

onito

ring

form

s

Tren

ds c

an b

e m

onito

red

by

equa

lity

grou

p

Hea

d of

PPI

Mar

ch

2011

✓✓

✓✓

✓✓

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Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


AgeReligion/ Belief

Sexual orientatioin

Hu

man

Rig

hts

5.Su

ppor

t th

e D

isab

ility

Ri

ghts

Net

wor

k to

re

view

it’s

curr

ent

role

and

rem

it w

ith

a vi

ew t

o de

velo

ping

an

eff

ectiv

e en

gage

men

t fr

amew

ork

for

disa

bled

peo

ple

Impr

ove

the

qual

ity o

f lif

e fo

r di

sabl

ed

peop

le li

ving

, w

orki

ng a

nd

stud

ying

in

Kirk

lees

Hea

d of

PPI

/ Eq

ualit

y an

d D

iver

sity

M

anag

er

Aug

ust

2010

✓

– 30 –

Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


AgeReligion/ Belief

Sexual orientatioin

Hu

man

Rig

hts

Imp

rovi

ng

eq

ual

ity

mo

nit

ori

ng

dat

a1.

Revi

ew e

xist

ing

avai

labi

lity

of e

qual

ity

data

fro

m p

rovi

ders

A c

ompr

e-he

nsiv

e an

alys

is

of o

ur d

ata

capt

ure

for

equa

lity

grou

ps

is c

arrie

d ou

t

Ass

ista

nt

Dire

ctor

of

Info

rmat

ion

Ana

lysi

s an

d D

ata

Qua

lity

Mar

ch

2011

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Action

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Lead

Timescale


AgeReligion/ Belief

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Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


AgeReligion/ Belief

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Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


AgeReligion/ Belief

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Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


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Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


AgeReligion/ Belief

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Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


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Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


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Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


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Action

Outcome

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Timescale


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Outcome

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Timescale


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Timescale


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Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


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Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


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Action

Outcome

Lead

Timescale


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Your views and comments

Please give your views on the proposals in this document by filling out this questionnaire. An online version of this form is also available at

www.kirklees.nhs.uk/public-information/equality-and-diversity/consultation-survey

1. Is our single equality scheme easy to understand?

Yes No

If not, why not? .............................................................................................................................

2. What in your opinion are the most important priorities for equality and diversity?

...........................................................................

........................................................................... 3. Do you think we have covered your priorities adequately?

Yes No

– 48 –

If not, why not? .............................................................................................................................

4. Do you agree with the key actions in the action plans?

Yes No

If not, why not? .............................................................................................................................

5. What, if any, other actions would you like to see included in the action plans?

...........................................................................

........................................................................... 6. How can we improve equality and diversity as an employer?

...........................................................................

...........................................................................

7. How can we improve the way we communicate with you and other people in the community?

...........................................................................

...........................................................................

– 49 –

8. Do you have any other comments on our draft scheme or action plans?

...........................................................................

...........................................................................

It would be helpful for us to know who has provided feedback. Even if you wish to remain anonymous, we would be grateful if you would complete the following section: (please tick all the boxes that apply to you).

I am; (please indicate yes or no as appropriate):

Yes No

A service user or carerA member of the publicAn employee of NHS Kirklees or Kirklees Community Health ServicesA representative of another NHS organisationA representative of a public sector organisationA representative of a voluntary or community organisation or groupAny other, please specify:

– 50 –

If you are responding on behalf of a voluntary or community organisation, does your organisation mainly represent people from a specific group or community? Please indicate yes or no as appropriate:

Yes No

Ethnicity (please state which ethnic group)

DisabilityGenderSexual OrientationAgeReligion or beliefCarersAny other, please specify:

Please complete this form so we know we have asked the views of people who represent a cross section of the people in Kirklees. This information will be kept confidential.

Monitoring form

– 51 –

Personal details

1. What is your gender? (Tick one box only)

Male Female Prefer not to say

2. What is your age?

Age Prefer not to say

3. Are your day-to-day activities limited because of any health problem or disability which has lasted, or is expected to last at least 12 months? (Tick one box only)

Yes, limited

Yes, limited a little

No

Prefer not to say

– 52 –

4. Do you look after, or give any help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of long-term physical or mental ill-health / disability or problems related to old age? (Tick one box only)

Yes No

Prefer not to say

5. What is your ethnic group? (Tick only box only)

A. White British Irish Any other white background, write below

...........................................................................

– 53 –

B. Mixed White and Black White and Black African White and Asian Any other mixed background, write below

...........................................................................

C. Asian, or Asian British Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Any other Asian background, write below

...........................................................................

D. Black or Black British Caribbean African Any other Black background, write below

...........................................................................

– 54 –

E. Chinese, or other ethnic group Chinese Any other, write below

...........................................................................

F. Other Prefer not to say6. What is your religion or belief? (Tick one box only)

None

Christian

Buddhist

Hindu

Jewish

Muslim

Sikh

Prefer not to say

Other, write below

.....................................................................

– 55 –

7. Which of the following best describes your sexual orientation? (Tick one box only)

Only answer this question if you are aged 16 years or over

Heterosexual/straight

Lesbian / gay woman

Gay man

Bisexual

Prefer not to say

Other, write below

.....................................................................

Further involvementIf you would like to be involved in any future consultations on equality and diversity issues for NHS Kirklees, please provide your name and contact details. We will only retain your details for the purposes set out above, and will not share them with any external organisations.

– 56 –

Contact details Name ..................................................................

Organisation .......................................................

Address ..............................................................

...........................................................................

Telephone number ..............................................

Email ..................................................................

When you have filled in this form please return it (no stamp needed) to: NHS Kirklees, FREEPOST RSHB-GRJU-ALSL, Patient and Public Involvement, Broad Lea House, Bradley Business Park, Dyson Wood Way, Bradley, Huddersfield, HD2 1GZ.

– 57 –

Appendix 1

Our equality dutiesIn revising our single equality scheme, we have extended its coverage to include the new areas of equality (age, religion/belief, sexual orientation and transgender) and human rights that will be coming into force in the new equality bill in spring 2010. Below we have listed our legal obligation in relation to each equality area.

RaceWe have to pay due regard to the following requirements of the race equality duty:• Eliminate unlawful discrimination• Promote equality of opportunity• Promote good relations between people of different racial groups

DisabilityWe have to pay due regard to the following requirements of the disability equality duty:• Eliminate unlawful discrimination• Eliminate harassment of disabled people that is related to their disabilities

– 58 –

• Promote equality of opportunity between disabled people and others

• Take steps to take account of disabled people’s disabilities, even where that involves treating them more favourably than others

• Promote positive attitudes towards disabled people

• Encourage participation by disabled people in public life

GenderWe have to pay due regard to the following requirements of the gender equality duty:• Eliminate unlawful sex discrimination• Eliminate unlawful harassment• Promote equality of opportunity between men and women

TransgenderThe requirements under the Gender Equality duty to eliminate unlawful sex discrimination and harassment also include the duty to eliminate discrimination and harassment on the basis of gender reassignment.

– 59 –

Age The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006, makes it unlawful to discriminate against individuals on the grounds of age in employment (including promotion, recruitment, terms and conditions including retirement and redundancy, pay and pensions), vocational training and in respect of membership and representation in professional organisations.

Religion or beliefThe Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003 makes it unlawful to discriminate against workers because of religion or similar belief. These regulations apply to vocational training and all facets of employment – including recruitment, terms and conditions, promotions, transfers, dismissals and training.The Equality Act 2006 extends these rights to the provision of goods and services.

Sexual orientationThe Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003 outlaws discrimination and harassment on the grounds of sexual orientation

– 60 –

in workplaces throughout Great Britain, both in private and public sectors. They cover all aspects of the employment relationship including recruitment, pay, working conditions, training, promotion, dismissal and references.The Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007 extends these rights to the provision of goods and services.

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