Mental health and wellbeing is a core element of ongoing NES’s health and wellbeing strategy and was highlighted at the 2016 staff conference. NES also achieved the level of the Carer Positive ‘Engaged’ kitemark after identifying the need to ensure that carers were fully supported in the workplace. Organisational Equality impact assessments Equality impact assessment of two office consolidations development completed for all organisational identified the need to ensure equitable treatment of staff under programmes and change change policies and proposals agile working arrangements. Educational support provided to programmes are from 2013. managers on agile working, managing change and positive delivered fairly and working environment were informed by these EQIAs and staff equitably in a way that engagement. Equality and diversity issues advances equality of are embedded in all evaluations opportunity. of organisational development The impact of change processes is measured through staff and learning interventions from metrics, the Staff Governance Standard and the NHSScotland 2013. Staff Survey.
Mental health and wellbeing is a core element of NES’s ongoing health and wellbeing strategy and was highlighted at the 2016 staff conference. NES also achieved the ‘Engaged’ level of the Carer Positive kitemark after identifying the need to ensure that carers were fully supported in the workplace. Organisational development programmes and change programmes are delivered fairly and equitably in a way that advances equality of opportunity. Equality impact assessments completed for all organisational change policies and proposals from 2013. Equality and diversity issues are embedded in all evaluations of organisational development and learning interventions from 2013. Equality impact assessment of two office consolidations identified the need to ensure equitable treatment of staff under agile working arrangements. Educational support provided to managers on agile working, managing change and positive working environment were informed by these EQIAs and staff engagement. The impact of change processes is measured through staff metrics, the Staff Governance Standard and the NHSScotland Staff Survey.