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Equality & Inclusion Action Plan 2018

Equality, Diversity, Human Rights and Inclusion

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Introduction

This Action Plan for the Equality and Diversity Team works to ensure that the Trust remains compliant with its legal and contractual duties, and

continues to strive to improve access and outcomes for groups who may experience exclusion from health services.

The actions in this plan support the Trust’s Strategic Objectives:

To deliver high quality, safe and effective care which meets both individual needs and community needs

To deliver innovative and integrated care closer to home which supports and improves health, wellbeing and independent living

To be a highly effective organisation with empowered, highly skilled and competent staff

And the Mission of improving local health and promoting wellbeing in the communities we serve through the Values of:

Patient centred care

Encouraging innovation

Communicating openly and honestly

Providing a professional, quality service

Understanding our communities

All of the actions in this plan underpin our Equality Delivery System 2 (EDS2), Equality Objectives and Public Sector Equality Duty documents

Compliance RAG Rating Key:

Red Significantly delayed and/or of high risk

Amber Slightly delayed and/or of low risk

Green Progressing on timescale

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Equality Act 2010

Equality Act 2010 - Overview

Nine protected characteristic groups – age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion/belief, sex, sexual orientation

Trust also recognises other health inclusion groups e.g. carers, lower socio-economic, sex workers and ‘chaotic’ lifestyles

Equal treatment in access to employment, private and public services regardless of protected characteristic

Compliance with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Statutory Codes of Practice on Employment; Equal Pay; Services, Public Functions and Associations

Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) – General Duty

Public bodies to have due regard to:

Eliminate unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment and other prohibited conduct

Advance equality of opportunity

Foster good relations

Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) – Specific Duties

Publish information annually to demonstrate compliance with the General Duty

Publish equality objectives at least every four years Work Area Key dates Compliance

RAG rating Evidence to support RAG rating Actions

PSED General Duty:

Equality Impact Assessment Policy and Toolkit:

EIA Policy – production and approval Completed

Green Policy published on Hub April 2017

EIA Policy Review 31 March 2020 Green Planned review date

EIA Template and Toolkit - production and approval Completed Green Published on Hub April 2017. Revised and

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Work Area Key dates Compliance RAG rating

Evidence to support RAG rating Actions

approved August 2017

EIA Communications - Bridgewater Bulletin Completed

Green

EIA Webpage Completed Green Webpage updated with link to revised template and toolkit

CIP/Service Redesign – CPF paper Completed

Green Paper submitted and approved 17 August 2017

CIP/Service Redesign 31 July 2017 Red Chase up KS re TIF paper submitted as draft in July 2017 – KS left Trust in August 2017

Meeting with JH and BH 12 September 2017, emailed TIF paper to JH, including action plan – will update actions below following further discussions

Training – template users To commence September, based on need and request

Red Following publishing of revised template carry out further communications

Training – quality assurers To commence September, based on need and request

Red Following publishing of revised template carry out further communications

EIA Audit

January 2018 Red

Speak to audit team re auditing of service redesign EIA

Trust policies February 2018 Green All policies have an EIA that is held with the Policy Officer. The Equality & Inclusion Officer is Vice Chair of the Policy Approval Group, for assurance of equality in final sign off of policies. The EIA is on an old template

Speak to MC and SA re updating Policy EIA template

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and the policy process will be amended to use the new template and toolkit in 2018

Trust Strategies March 2018

Amber Retrospective EIA review of Trust strategies produced in 2017

Paper to Workforce Committee re EIA in strategy production

Service Equality Analysis All services should have an equality analysis published on the internet.

June 2018 Green Current service equality analysis on the Bridgewater internet

New service equality analysis to be drafted to reflect wider equality work being carried out in services

Reasonable adjustments guidance to be produced to accompany service equality analysis forms

Equality Data Within Patient Records This action ties into the referrals actions detailed in Accessible Information Standard

March 2018 – for production of roll out plan

Amber Equality & Inclusion Officer sits (as required) on the EPR Project Board. The Board support the development of an action plan that will ensure all equality data, including LD flags and military veteran status is embedded within all SystmOne/EPR and EMIS patient records The work in relation to the above is supported by, and will support, the reasonable adjustments requirements within the Halton and St Helens contracts Also ties in with AIS standardised referrals and reasonable adjustments project

Meeting arranged for October to discuss EMIS and equality requirements, this includes military veterans – EMIS lead proceeding with development of patient record system, including equality data collection

Task & finish group meeting held in November to discuss EPR project – next stage is action plan to be submitted to CQG in 2018

E&D - attendance at CPF, PAG and Workforce Committee

Ongoing Green

PSED Specific Duties:

PSED Annual Report Date for completion of report amended in the Equality Act

31 March 2018 Green Previous years PSED published on Trust webpage

Complete PSED, with EDS2, WRES, and Gender Pay Gap information

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2010 to reflect new Gender Pay Gap Reporting requirements

Gender Pay Gap Reporting

31 March 2017 for snapshot date. 30 March 2018 for reporting deadline

Amber Amber rated

to reflect concern at

delays (as at November 2017) of BI update to

produce Trust report

ESR reports run on 31.03.2017 (backup to BI reports)

Awaiting BI update to carry out data analysis – December 2017

Submit to Board for sign off

Submit via online portal/email

Add report and narrative to webpage

Add data to PSED 2018

NHS Equality Delivery System (EDS2) A new approach to EDS2 has been proposed by Merseyside commissioners, providers and Healthwatch’s. This will involve ongoing engagement with national, regional and local groups representing protected characteristic groups; identifying barriers/inequalities and action planning to address these. Actions will be assessed by the groups, who will feedback and support Trust grading. Though the work is Merseyside and Cheshire based it is recognised that this work needs to include other Trust boroughs.

31 March 2018 Amber Amber rated

to reflect concern at

delays (as at November

2017) in regional

progress of project

Previous years EDS2 reports published on Trust webpage Meetings have been held with Merseyside commissioners and providers on a new format for EDS2. A project plan has been developed and is awaiting senior level sign off in the Trusts

Meeting with Merseyside and Cheshire leads 19 December 2017 to discuss next steps

Submit paper to Service Experience Group January 2018

Commence project work

Equality Objectives 2017: Equality Objectives 2017 published on Hub and internet December 2016

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EDS2 - partnership work across Merseyside and Cheshire see above

31 March 2018 Amber EDS2:

Establish governance arrangements

Contact organisations

Data input and sharing

Stakeholder engagement and action planning

Monitoring, reporting and feeding back

Service changes and CIP: Equality Impact Assessments –see above

31 July 2017 Red

Equal Opportunities Policy Completed Green Published on Hub and highlighted in Bridgewater Bulletin

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Other Legal Requirements



Accessible Information Standard:

Awareness Raising

Publicity via Team Brief, Open Space, Bridgewater Bulletin

Service scoping exercise

Trust meetings – DMT, QSC, CPF updates

Patient awareness

Board updates – good news/practice

Completed Green Awareness raising through 2015 and 2016 via the Bridgewater Bulletin, Team Brief, Open Space and the equality champions network. Initial service scoping exercise carried out in 2015/2016. Staff flyer produced detailing the 5 stages of the Standard. Accessible Information Policy produced and published on The Hub. Posters produced for display in services to raise awareness with patients of their rights to these types of support. Equality and Diversity webpage populated with information for patients. Updates on implementation provided to QSC meetings. Meetings have been held with different teams to discuss the Standard and their service. A flow chart of the 5 stages has been created for staff use.

Referrals 1

Patient information document

Completed Green A patient document (About Me) on communication needs added to the webpage for patients to complete and return, if wished. http://www.bridgewater.nhs.uk/aboutus/equalitydiversity/language-interpretation-translation/

http://www.bridgewater.nhs.uk/aboutus/equalitydiversity/language-interpretation-translation/



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Referrals 2

Standard referral documents Relates to equality data in patient records action, see above E&D are supporting and not leading on this project


Amber A meeting was held between E&D and the AD to discuss standardising the Bridgewater referral forms. It was agreed to write a paper recommending a standardisation for forms to go to the quality and safety committee. This paper was presented to the Health Records Group in May 2017 who recommended a paper be sent to the Clinical Governance Group for further discussion including project planning for IT changes and rollout. Paper submitted to Clinical Governance Group 1 September 2017

Task and Finish Group established, action plan being created prior to submission to EPR Board, Health Records and CGC

Support work of T&F as needed

Referrals 3

GDPR and consent E&D are supporting and not leading on this project

25 May 2018 Green The new General Data Protection Regulations place addition duties on organisations collecting, holding and managing personal data. A task and finish group has been set up to ensure the Trust is ready for full compliance, this includes looking at consent and accessible communications.

IT 1

Website

Completed Green Browsealoud has been added to the Trust webpage, this provides a set of tools that allow, for instance, spoken interpretation of webpage information, production of MP3 files, and screen masks and enlargements. A Patient Browsealoud leaflet and poster is being discussed with the Patient Leaflet Group, following suggested changes updated versions are to go before the August meeting for finalisation. Browsealoud poster, patient leaflet and staff leaflet approved and distributed to

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services along with communications explaining need and how this function can support.

Service Readiness

Service scoping

E&D support

Easy fixes

Completed

Green Service scoping was carried out in 2015 and 2016 to assess readiness and raise awareness. Following this meetings have been held with several services to discuss the Standard further. The provider of interpretation and translation services have confirmed that they are able to support other formats and communication support needs. The Hub (staff intranet) has been updated to provide information on AIS and where to access support. Information on accessible events, and reasonable adjustments for sensory impairments are available on The Hub.

Service Implementation

CQC KLOE evidence

Medicines Management

June 2018

Amber Following updates to the CQC KLOEs in 2017 a meeting was held in July 2017 to discuss adding AIS to the CQC evidence collection in services – relating to prompt R1.4 of the KLOEs. A new service equality analysis cycle will look for service understanding and compliance with AIS and other equality adjustments. Meeting held with Head of Medicines Management in early 2017. KLOE evidence will include meds management in the services that prescribe.

See service equality analysis above

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Training

NHS England eLearning

30 June 2017 Amber Meetings have been held between E&D and EPD to discuss mandating the training for all staff, this roll out was delayed whilst the Trust mandatory eLearning package was rolled out from May 2016. A meeting is organised for 9 February 2017 to discuss moving forward with the AIS eLearning. Following the 9 February meeting it has been determined that the level 1 eLearning should be tied into the core competencies framework, thereby requiring all staff to complete. Level 2 will be targeted at key staff. Making the eLearning accessible for staff was also discussed. Planned roll out is from January 2018.

AIS training module to be mandated to all clinical and patient facing staff from 2018 – conversation with JO 16/11/17

Support Resources

Providers available

Equipment available

Other communication methods

Next Generation Text Relay

Interpreter Now

Advocates

House writing guide

Leaflets templates

Standard templates for staff

31 March 2018 for NGT Lite pilot completion.

31 January 2018 for chase up of house writing guide and templates.

Amber thebigword can provide most forms of communication support and information formats. Information is given on The Hub. Resources, also detailed in ‘awareness’ have been produced, for example posters, flow chart and staff flyer. Browsealoud information sent to all services to offer an additional form of support in relation to the website. Link to advocacy and MCA provided on accessible information Hub page. Support from the equalities team has been offered to all services and team meetings have been attended with some services to discuss the Standard.

The use of NGT Lite is being discussed with pilot services

Meetings have been held to discuss the House Writing Guide and patient leaflets, including easy read templates. Actions were agreed and as at July 2017 needs to be chased for progress

Patient Care Plans – communication

Wigan and Warrington

Ongoing Green The Trust is working on patient care plans in both Wigan and Warrington that flag communication needs.

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Learning and best practice will be rolled out to other services and boroughs

Information Governance

Health records policy

Completed Green The Health Records Policy review resulted in December 2016 in an updated policy being published for the Trust that included accessible information and communication. The awareness raising action above references ensuring services are aware of this when looking at implementing AIS. Also see GDPR in Referrals 3.

Policy

Accessible Information Policy

Completed Green Policy published on Hub

Engagement and Feedback

Patient feedback on communication and information

Friends and family test

Patient partners

Targeted engagement and feedback

31 March 2019 Green

Sexual Orientation Monitoring Standard (SOM) New information standard (SCCI2094) that requires NHS providers to collect sexual orientation data from all patients over 16 years of age. See equality data within patient records, above

Full implementation by April 2019

Green Meetings have taken place with IT to discuss patient records, including SOM Meeting held with LGBT Foundation to discuss SOM and best practice. SOM part of SystmOne/EPR and EMIS equality work

NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES):

WRES 2018 31 July 2018 Green Previous years WRES published on Trust webpage

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WRES 2017 Action Plan:

MyESR Improving self-reporting of ethnicity and other equality data through the new MyESR app

30 June 2018 Green

Recruitment Review of current processes Review of 2017 vacancy shortlisting

31 March 2018 Green

Employee Relations Continued monitoring of employee relations cases Awareness raising with HR and investigation officers

31 March 2018 Green

Career Progression Continued promotion of targeted training, CPD and mentoring opportunities Look at apprenticeships and traineeships offers

31 March 2018 Green

BME Membership and Governor Representation Analysis of current profiles against local data Look at encouraging recruitment from diverse communities

31 March 2018 Green

BME Staff and Community Engagement Support work on refresh of the patient experience strategy Support work on Big Conversations and new Quality Strategy Continue work as staff engagement champion, and look at supporting engagement and involvement of BME staff

31 March 2018 Green

BMES Network Carry out feasibility study

31 March 2018 Green

Fluency Duty (Immigration Act 2016) 2017 Red Fluency Duty action plan and task and finish Develop action plan

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Part of the Immigration Act 2016, the Fluency Duty came into effect from 1 October 2016

Code of practice for all public sector organisations

Ensuring all public facing staff can speak fluent English

group established

Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES) New equality standard expected to be mandated for all Trusts from the April 2018 contract. Metrics not as yet finalised, but likely to be similar to WRES

April 2018 Green

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Contractual Requirements



Halton Quality Contract 2017/18:

Qtr2 E&D elements for qtr2 2017/18 are:

AIS

Compliance with specific duties

Service redesign and PSED (EIA)

Equality barriers

Reasonable adjustments project year 2, see below

Completed

Green Qtr2 reports submitted to QSC prior to submission to commissioners and CSU lead (October 2017)

Qtr4 E&D elements for qtr4 2017/18 are:

SMART Equality Objectives

AIS

EDS2

Compliance with specific duties

Service redesign and PSED (EqIA)

Equality barriers

Reasonable adjustments project year 2, see below

April 2018

Green Produce qtr4 reports and submit to QSC prior to submission to commissioners and CSU lead

Reasonable Adjustments Project This is a requirement from the 2016/17 Quality Contract to 2018/19

Year 1 – establishing the baseline and project plan

Year 2 – setting up monitoring systems

Year 3 – monitoring and reporting on the provision of reasonable adjustments for patients

Year 1 - Establishing the baseline and project plan

Accessible Information Standard work

Training – mandatory, AIS, other

Communications

Events

Completed Green Awareness raising carried out in relation to AIS. Events and team meetings attended. Resources provided on reasonable adjustments. Provider information on intranet.

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Support for staff New EIA policy and toolkit being embedded within the Trust. Browsealoud software added to webpage to support communication. Service scoping and EqA. Mandatory eLearning inc E&D and reasonable adj. Trust services providing in-house training in areas such as learning disabilities, and Signalong. Work with IT on patient records, AIS, disability and reasonable adj. Partnership work in Wigan on AIS and disability generally. First clinic review visit completed, assessing AIS compliance. AqUA work taking place in the Trust on supporting transitions in learning disabilities services. Funded work finishing on Outcomes of Care, assessing experience in specialist children’s services. Work may be rolled out following evaluation. Work taking place in Wigan on care planning in district nursing, including reasonable adjustments. Following an evaluation period, plans will be made to roll out to other teams.

Year 2 - Setting up systems to record, monitor and report

Patient records See equality data within patient records, above


Amber

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Referrals Documents

See Referrals 2, and Equality Data Within Patient Records,

above

March 2018 – for

production of roll

out plan

Amber

Awareness Raising

Ongoing Amber Briefing sent out on Invisible Disabilities 8 September 2017

Continue to raise awareness through national awareness weeks and updates on stories/news articles (ongoing)

Other Projects

31 March 2018 Green Disability Confident and Mindful Employer Charter action plans, see below

Work with the Service Experience Group on how to gather feedback (31 March 2018)

AAC low tech communication support project (delayed – staff capacity)

Year 3 - Monitor, report and gain feedback

SystmOne

Other electronic patient records

Paper records

Patient feedback

31 March 2019

Green

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Internal Reporting Schedule



LD FT Pipeline Monitoring Monthly reports providing updates on key information relating to LD patients Send to Kathryn Steer on 1

st monthly.

1st

every month Green Produce monthly reports

Corporate Partnership Forum Reports produced either on request or when there is an E&D action that needs assurance/support

Bi-monthly Green Produce reports as required

Workforce & Organisational Development Committee

Bi-monthly Green Produce reports as required

Halton Quality Contract See above

Bi-Annually Green

Warrington Quality Contract Qtrly reporting

Bi-annually January and July

Green Produce reports as required

Wigan Quality Contract Six monthly and annual reporting on different aspects

Bi-annually April October

Green Produce reports as required

Annual Report

January 2018 Green Annual Report 2014/15 Annual Report 2015/16 Annual Report 2016/17

Produce E&D narrative before January 2018

Annual Quality Account

January 2018 Green Quality Account 2014/15 Quality Account 2015/16 Quality Account 2016/17

Produce E&D narrative before January 2018

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Benchmarking



Mindful Employer Voluntary charter to support employees and job applicants with current or previous mental health problems. Last Review February 2017 – reviews take place every three years. Progress as at April 2017:

Last annual review took place in February 2017

Mindful Employer logo displayed on all vacancies advertised via NHS Jobs

Provision of counselling and occupational health services for all staff

Policies analysed for impact on protected characteristic groups, including mental health

Awareness Raising Ongoing Green

Mental Health Awareness Week

World Mental Health Day

Stress Awareness Day

Staff Induction See induction pack, below

30 June 2018 Green

Staff Disability and Carers Network See below

30 June 2018 Green

Mental Health Awareness Training

31 January 2018 Amber Look into options of mental health awareness training for managers

Review of HR Skills Module on recruitment for information on Mindful Employer, discrimination and mental health

HR Support

31 March 2018 Green Review of the Absence Management Policy to consider implementing recommendations from Weightman’s training in 2016, this included managing short term absence connected to

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potential disability and mental health to support staff to discuss concerns and remain in work rather than going off on further periods of sick

Mindful Employer References/Visibility

31 March 2018 Green Ensure the Trust’s commitment to Mindful Employer is highlighted in Trust documents such as the Annual Report, Quality Account, and PSED Annual Report.

Disability Confident New Government campaign that replaces Two Ticks Disability Confident Employer status given after self-assessment and submission to DWP, November 2017 New self-assessment and submission due September 2019

Recruitment A recruitment review has commenced in December 2017, this will look at recruitment and selection in the Trust and includes equality review of areas such as potential discriminatory practices, advertising, essential role requirements, selection, reasonable adjustments, positive action, and engagement with local communities and target groups

31 December 2018

Green Work with the recruitment task and finish group to look at equality aspects

Work with HR as issues arise on recruitment and selection

Access to Work and Reasonable Adjustments

31 March 2018 Green Stress task and finish group working on a number of actions to identify and manage stress across the Trust

Raise awareness of guidance available re Access to Work and reasonable adjustments for staff

Work with H&WB team on support for staff with disabilities and LTCs

Staff Disability & Carers Network See below

30 June 2018 Green Look at critical friend role for staff network – recruitment, A2W and reasonable adjustments, policy, strategy and other business activities

Identification of issues in the workplace

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Identification of training and awareness needs

Communications Completed Green Bridgewater Bulletin article published with new award information – November 2017 Hub page updated – November 2017

Awareness Raising Ongoing to October 2019

Green Tweeted Disability Confident Employer award

Raise awareness with local partners, and discuss actions, successes and challenges – Merseyside and Cheshire, and Wigan E&D groups

Continue awareness raising through awareness days, look to link with staff network members – as network is established

Work Experience

Apprenticeships

Leonard Cheshire

Military veterans/Defence Employers

NHS LD programme

31 July 2018 – feasibility study

Green Look at developing work experience opportunities targeted towards people with disabilities

Service Access Website Information See below

31 March 2018 Green

Board Champion Chase up DW re Board level champion for disability role

WDES See above

31 March 2018 Green Look for trends/issues in data to determine action plans

Staff Survey February 2018 – TBC

Green Look for trends/issues in data to determine action plans

Equality Impact Assessment 31 July 2018 Red EIA in CIP and service redesign,

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See above including impact on staff

Staff Induction See below

30 June 2018 Green

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Other Actions/Projects – current and planned



Patient Centred The following projects are all focussed on improving equality and inclusion for patients and their families and carers. These actions are in addition to those on this Action Plan that are mandatory legal or contractual requirements. These projects will change as information becomes available based on the outcomes of EDS2 engagement work

Learning Disability Self-Assessment Framework (LD SAF) Attendance and support for the Warrington LD SAF Being Healthy group

Ongoing Green Information on two relevant services submitted to Warrington CCG September 2017

Service Access Website Information 31 March 2018 Green Develop project group

Develop action plan

Develop template

Roll out to and support services on completion

(all to be confirmed)

British Deaf Association - British Sign Language Charter: 5 pledges:

Ensure access for Deaf people to information and services

Promote learning and high quality teaching of BSL

Support Deaf children and families

Ensure staff working with Deaf people can communicate effectively in BSL

Consult with the local Deaf community on a regular basis

Work began on this project in late 2015 but was postponed while work was carried out in areas such as AIS

31 March 2018

Green Contact BDA

Restart action planning

Reasonable Adjustments Guidance Production of documents for staff use on reasonable

June 2018 Green Information on adjustments for events, for people who are d/Deaf or

Complete documents for other disabilities and impairments – turn into

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adjustments for people with disabilities and sensory impairments Ties into Service Equality Analysis, see above

blind/partially sighted are already completed and available on the intranet for staff to use

one document

Gender Reassignment New guidance produced by GEO in late 2016 and discussions at Government level of changing the process of gender reassignment

30 September 2017

Red Produce a guidance document and/or policy for Gender Reassignment

Health records and Trans

Staff Centred The following projects are all focussed on improving equality and inclusion for staff and potential employees. These actions are in addition to those on this Action Plan that are mandatory legal or contractual requirements

Navajo LGBT Charter Mark for Merseyside, Cheshire and Lancashire

31 January 2018 Amber Application form submitted and accepted Assessment visit to be arranged for early 2018

Gather evidence and interview groups for assessment

Staff Disability & Carers Network 30 June 2018 Green Establish task and finish group

Arrange first meeting of task and finish group

Develop action plan, including LiA Conversation for staff

Transgender See Gender Reassignment, above

30 September 2017

Red Gender reassignment and employee records

Staff Induction 31 March 2018 Green Look at developing new approach to induction information (Z card, app) that includes EDI, EPD etc. and sets down what we offer staff as well as what staff must do

Working Forward

31 March 2018 Amber Look at actions to support Trust commitment to EHRC Working Forward Campaign for women on maternity

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leave or returning from maternity leave/bringing up children

Look into staff and breastfeeding

Working Longer Look into workforce planning and support for older staff

31 March 2018 Green The Trust took part in the MRC funded Extending Working Lives research project.

Bridgewater report received and update provided to PW and CS December 2017

Findings are to be reported to the DWP and NHS Working Longer Group in 2018

Report for Trust shows issue around understanding of flexible working options – discuss with PW/CS

Look into workforce planning and support for older staff

Dementia Friendly Workplaces 31 December 2018

Green Complete dementia document

Look for HR involvement/support in developing and rolling out actions to ensure equality for staff with a diagnosis of Dementia

Cancer 31 December 2018

Green Use MacMillan Cancer Toolkit to develop action plan for the Trust

Look for HR involvement/support

Dying to Work Campaign to support staff with terminal illness to stay in work where preferred

31 December 2018 for review

Green Look for HR involvement and support

Ban The Box Part of the recruitment process review detailed elsewhere in this Action Plan E&D are not leading on this


Green

See Potential Part of the recruitment process review detailed elsewhere in this Action Plan E&D are not leading on this


Green

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Disability Unconscious Bias 31 December 2018 for review

Green Look into awareness raising briefing or training module

Obesity/Disability Recent EU case law – obesity, or the effects of, may be a disability where someone is unable to undertake day to day activities as a result of their obesity


Green Obesity is included within the Managers Guide to supporting Staff with Disabilities – updated in March 2017

Produce awareness briefing on obesity and disability

Gender Stereotypes 31 December 2018 for review

Green Look into awareness raising briefing

Generational Diversity 31 December 2018 for review

Green Look into awareness raising briefing

Contact Details

Ruth Besford (Equality & Inclusion Officer) [email protected]

Telephone: 01942 482992

TypeTalk: 18001 01942 482992

mailto:[email protected]