Equality Plan 2016-2017 No Equality Objective Action Required Outcome Expected (How will we Evidence/Progress Responsible Completion (What needs to change) (What is going to be know the change has taken place) person(s) Date done) 1 Any relevant redesign of Staff leading on service Evidence of equality impact Report completed for Service line managers/ Report services needs to include redesign will complete assessment for each redesign Sept 2016 Chairs of meetings/ September an equality analysis report an equality impact measured by service line SQS Board 2016 & March and evidence that it has assessment and minutes capture impacts identified 2017 been considered by document how the and consideration of same decision makers. This will findings have been be required for significant considered. change, so where a service could be reduced, removed or criteria changed so that it impacts on patients. 2 Black and minority ethnic Usage across sites, Report available. Communications & January 2017 groups (BME): Analysis of languages and cost will Engagement Officer interpretation usage needs be analysed and to be available compared with the ethnic demography of the area. 3 Assessment of equality Collate evidence and Stakeholder assessment EDS assessment Equality and Patient March 2017 performance is undertaken organise EDS 2 completed with positive outcomes planned. Experience/ by stakeholders using the assessment and areas for improvement HR Business Partner Equality Delivery System 2 identified (EDS2) framework EDS 2 Report completed 4 Autism and Learning Collate evidence for Achievement of National Autistic Delayed due to long Equality and Patient March 2017, Disabilities (LD) assessments Society Hospital Accreditation term sickness of NAS Experience Manager revised to Standard assessor, who has December indicated it is a 2 year 2018 process. Completion date revised. 6 Workforce Race Equality Implement WRES To improve Trust position in Results uploaded to HR Business Partner January 2017 Standard (WRES) action plan relation to WRES indicators. trust website. Equality Action Plan owner: Equality and Patient Experience Manager Final: 25.05.16 Updated: Dec 2016 Review end of year: March 2017
Equality Plan 2016-2017 No Equality Objective (What needs to change) Action Required (What is going to be done) Outcome Expected (How will we know the change has taken place) Evidence/Progress Responsible person(s) Completion Date 1 Any relevant redesign of services needs to include an equality analysis report and evidence that it has been considered by decision makers. This will be required for significant change, so where a service could be reduced, removed or criteria changed so that it impacts on patients. Staff leading on service redesign will complete an equality impact assessment and document how the findings have been considered. Evidence of equality impact assessment for each redesign measured by service line SQS minutes capture impacts identified and consideration of same Report completed for Sept 2016 Service line managers/ Chairs of meetings/ Board Report September 2016 & March 2017 2 Black and minority ethnic groups (BME): Analysis of interpretation usage needs to be available Usage across sites, languages and cost will be analysed and compared with the ethnic demography of the area. Report available. Communications & Engagement Officer January 2017 3 Assessment of equality performance is undertaken by stakeholders using the Equality Delivery System 2 (EDS2) framework Collate evidence and organise EDS 2 assessment Stakeholder assessment completed with positive outcomes and areas for improvement identified EDS 2 Report completed EDS assessment planned. Equality and Patient Experience/ HR Business Partner March 2017 4 Autism and Learning Disabilities (LD) Collate evidence for assessments Achievement of National Autistic Society Hospital Accreditation Standard Delayed due to long term sickness of NAS assessor, who has indicated it is a 2 year process. Completion date revised. Equality and Patient Experience Manager March 2017, revised to December 2018 6 Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) Implement WRES action plan To improve Trust position in relation to WRES indicators. Results uploaded to trust website. HR Business Partner January 2017 Equality Action Plan owner: Equality and Patient Experience Manager Final: 25.05.16 Updated: Dec 2016 Review end of year: March 2017
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