EQUALITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT STATEMENT All public bodies have a statutory duty the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 to out arrangements to assess and consult on how their policies and functions impact on “set race equality.” This obligation has been increased to include equality and human rights with regard to disability, age and gender. The Trust aims to design and implement services, policies and measures that meet the diverse needs of our service, population and workforce, ensuring that none are placed at a disadvantage over others. This strategy was found to be compliant with this philosophy. Equality Impact Assessments will also ensure discrimination does not occur on the grounds of Religion/Belief or Sexual Orientation in line with the protected characteristics covered by the existing public duties. Refer to appendix 1. MONITORING & REVIEW Implementation of What will be How/ Reporting Deficiencies/ gaps Lead any required monitored Method/Frequency to Recommendations and change actions Contents of To be checked Chief Chair of Policy to be rewritten Changes policy for against new Pharmacist MMC as needed advertised to all accuracy and legislation or relevant legality good practice guidance Incident Report compiled Patient MMC Actions implemented Usually via reports of quarterly Safety as needed pharmacy staff. Or adverse drug Manager specific group set events up to action changes. Various Regular Audit Pharmacy Audit Depends on results of By pharmacy or aspects of Audit Lead Committee audits Directorates Medicines Management as per audit plan, including audits as required by NPSA and audits of various aspects of antimicrobial therapy. Antibiotic Regular audit Lead Director of Monitored via Quality By directorates prescribing antimicrobial Infection Improvement Group and reviewed by pharmacist Control pharmacy and infection control teams
EQUALITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT STATEMENT All public bodies have a statutory duty the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 to “set out arrangements to assess and consult on how their policies and functions impact on race equality.” This obligation has been increased to include equality and human rights with regard to disability, age and gender. The Trust aims to design and implement services, policies and measures that meet the diverse needs of our service, population and workforce, ensuring that none are placed at a disadvantage over others. This strategy was found to be compliant with this philosophy. Equality Impact Assessments will also ensure discrimination does not occur on the grounds of Religion/Belief or Sexual Orientation in line with the protected characteristics covered by the existing public duties. Refer to appendix 1. MONITORING & REVIEW What will be monitored How/ Method/Frequency Lead Reporting to Deficiencies/ gaps Recommendations and actions Implementation of any required change Contents of policy for accuracy and legality To be checked against new legislation or good practice guidance Chief Pharmacist Chair of MMC Policy to be rewritten as needed Changes advertised to all relevant Incident reports of adverse drug events Report compiled quarterly Patient Safety Manager MMC Actions implemented as needed Usually via pharmacy staff. Or specific group set up to action changes. Various aspects of Medicines Management as per audit plan, including audits as required by NPSA and audits of various aspects of antimicrobial therapy. Regular Audit Pharmacy Audit Lead Audit Committee Depends on results of audits By pharmacy or Directorates Antibiotic prescribing Regular audit Lead antimicrobial pharmacist Director of Infection Control Monitored via Quality Improvement Group By directorates and reviewed by pharmacy and infection control teams
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