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Overall Objectives of our Single Equality Scheme

• Provide Leadership and Embed Equality and Diversity through commissioning, procurement and contract monitoring.

• Ensure the Single Equality Scheme action plan is delivered within the context of national standards

• Deliver national NHS commitments and the NHS Sheffield Strategy, Achieving Balanced Health, to address inequalities in health

• Maximise inclusive consultation and engagement with local populations staff and clinicians

• Address diversity in relation to employment and training

• Maintain effective partnership working

Actions:

1. Include E&D in the following: (embedding in mainstream processes)

• Annual Report, strategic plans as articulated in ABH3 and 4
• organisational response to Vital Signs and the Operating Framework
• World Class Commissioning Framework.

2. Improve data collection on E&D:

• Staff survey
• Employment data
• Incidents; complaints and feedback from patients;
• Access monitoring

3. Encourage Positive engagement   and Partnership working with:

• Voluntary sector organisations
• Community groups and individuals
• Clinical staff
• GP consortia
• Partnership Boards for learning disability, mental health, physical, sensory and cognitive impairment and for older people

4. Develop population statistics and Health Needs Assessments:

• Using the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
• Equality Impact Assessments to identify and address inequality relating to diversity

5. Ensure commissioning processes include E&D approaches:

• Specifications, tenders and contracts
• Monitor providers for contract compliance

6. Ensure diversity champions exist within each Directorate:

• Executive leadership for E&D and sign off for Equality Impact Assessments
• Each Directorate has an Equality and Diversity representative and champion

7. Implement public health programmes and Commissioning strategies:

• Pacesetters
• Enhanced Public Health Programmes
• Specific strategies e.g. long term neurological conditions plan; learning disability investment plans; mental health service redesign; intermediate care service, stroke pathway redesign

8. Ensure we implement safeguarding procedures:

• Executive director leadership and membership of Safeguarding Partnerships
• Training of front line staff and managers

9. Accessible communication and information

• Work with local organisations to provide and produce appropriate materials for briefing.
• Proactive communication briefings through identified community groups e.g. Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind; Talking News; Sheffield Centre for Inclusive Living

10 Staff training

• Equality Impact assessments
• Induction
• Essential awareness training
• E-learning

This is a summary of a detailed action plan, including leads and timescales which is available on request from Heather Burns, Disability Strategy Manager. heather.burns@nhs.net

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