EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY TRAINING

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EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY TRAINING

• Mehnaz Maqbool
• Equality and Diversity Manager

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Your expectations from todays session..
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Aims To provide BAtPCT staff with an overview
of the key equality and diversity issues
relating to the PCT and NHSTo convey the PCTs
commitment to Equality and Diversity and its
expectations of the workforceTo raise awareness
of impact of positive and negative behavioursTo
consider personal roles and responsibilities
Enable staff to identify discriminatory
practices within the workplace and better equip
them to implement good practice
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Outcomes from sessionA better understanding
of equality and diversity issuesA better
understanding of BAtPCTs commitment to promoting
equality and diversityAn understanding of the
current anti-discrimination legislationA
greater understanding of the impact of attitudes
and behavioursAn opportunity to raise questions
and concerns in a safe environment
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Legal Context

• Race Relations Amendment Act 2000
• Disability Discrimination Act 2005
• Equality Act 2006

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The Nature of the Duty

• Three main strands
• Race, Disability and Gender
• Positive Duty
• Adverse Impact/Missed Opportunities

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The Nature of the Duty

• Three aspects to each duty
• Service Delivery
• Culture
• Employment

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The Nature of the Duty

• Applies to most public sector organisations as
  service providers
• e.g. podiatry, speech language therapy,
  safeguarding children
• But will also apply to commissioning

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What are we doing at present?

• Impact assess functions and policies
• Identify major functions of the organisation
• Provider function medical and nursing
• Commissioning function partnership with
• council, the third sector and general practice
• through practice based commissioning

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Contact details

• Equality and Diversity team
• Tel Kristina on 01274 237614