Equality & Diversity Information
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Please contact Carolyn Hand, Corporate Services Manager on x 3064
Race Issues | Gender Issues | Sexual Orientation Issues | Disability Issues | Age Issues | Religious Issues
Impact Assessments | Equality Circulars | Local Diversity Taskforce Committee| Useful External Sites
- Our Commitment
- Our Structure - diagram of Equality and Diversity Taskforce Structure
- Engagement with our Staff (updated April 2007) Engagement with Staff
- Public Focus Patient Involvement (PFPI) NHS Shetland's engagement with the public (updated April 2007) Engagement with the Public
- Community Planning in Shetland - link to Shetland Islands Council Community Planning pages
- Datashare - an online resource for sharing data across Shetland - link to Shetland Islands Council datasharing for Community Planning with useful tips on using search facility
- Consulting and Engaging with Communities - link to Shetland Islands Council Community pages
- Effective Partnership Working an online toolkit for anyone interested in community planning in Shetland and partnership in general
Consultation
We constantly seek feedback on any access to the documents on the website and on any of the Board's Equality Schemes - found under the headings of Disability, Gender or Race - if you have any comments please contact Lorraine Hall on 01595 743024 or email at lorraine.hall@shb.shetland.scot.nhs.uk
Project Plan Toolkit
The Project Plan toolkit is for use in consultation and engagement with Communities in Shetland. For more information refer to http://www.shetland.gov.uk/consultation/guidelines/
Strategy documentation
The differences between the various duties
(added 6th April 2007)
- Differences in the Duties - a table showing the clear differences between general and specific Gender Equality Duty (GED), Disability Equality Duty (DED) and Race Equality Duty (RED) to help promote best practice within NHS Shetland.
Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
The new Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHCR) opened on 1 October 2007.
The commission brings together the work of the three previous equality commissions: the Equal Opportunities Commission,the Commission for Racial Equality, and the Disability Rights Commission. It also takes on responsibility for the other aspects of equality: age, sexual orientation and religion or belief, as well as human rights.
Newsletters
Publications
NHS Shetland's Equality & Diversity Monitoring Report 2009 (Draft)
Publication on Age Equality (added 23rd June 2007)
NHS Shetland Equal Pay Statement (added 19th September 2007)
Equality & Diversity Monitoring Report 2008 (added 30th July 2008)
NHS Shetland Accessible Information Strategy
NHS Shetland Accessible Information Policy
Monitoring information
- Monitoring information for period covering 1 october 2004 to 30 September 2005 in the areas of staff employed, leavers: voluntary and involuntary and training by all equality strands. (added June 2007)
- Monitoring Information LPF DiversityReportonTrainingfrom 1stOctober2006to31stMarch2007.pdf
- Revised Mandatory Reporting 1st October 2005 through to 30 September 2006. Revision due to omission of Census Category - Caribbean and also further information on leavers and appraisal information. NHS Shetland apologies for the oversight on the original documentation.
Information
- The 'Gender Audit of Statistics - Comparing the Position of Women and Men in Scotland' was published on the Scottish Executive web-site as part of the Social Justice Research publication series. The document is available at this link http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/03/27104103.
- NHS Scotland Diversity Taskforce - link to Latest News page of national Diversity Task Force website
- EQIA (Equality Impact Assessment)
How To Contact Us
Should anyone wish to comment on this section of our website or to participate in our Diversity Taskorce please contact:
Lorraine Hall, Director of Human Resources, NHS Shetland, Brevik House, South Road, Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 0TG
We welcome any and all constructive comments from viewers to our site. It is our aspiration to have a site that is user friendly and informative.