The Equality Act 2010 introduced the new Public Sector Equality Duty designed to ensure that all public authorities consider the work that they do and how it impacts on all groups they provide services to, the people they employ, the partners they have partnership working with and those who they contract and procure services from.
The Public Sector Equality Duty applies to all people with a Protected Characteristic(s). These are:
Age
Disability
Gender Reassignment
Pregnancy/Maternity
Race/Ethnicity
Religion/Belief
Sex
Sexual Orientation
The General Duty requires all public authorities in the exercise of their function to have due regard in the need to:
Eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct that is prohibited by or under this Act
Advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who don’t share it
Foster good relations between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it
To enable NHS Tayside to comply with and meet its legal requirements of the General Duty, the Scottish Government and the Equality and Human Rights Commission introduced Specific Duties (May 2012) for all public authorities.
The Specific Duties are:
Duty to report progress on mainstreaming the equality duty
Duty to publish equality outcomes and report progress
Duty to assess and review policies and practices
Duty to gather and use employment information
Duty to publish gender pay gap information
Duty to publish statements on equal pay, etc
Duty to consider award criteria and conditions in public procurement
Duty to publish in a manner that is accessible, etc
Duty to consider other matters
Duty of the Scottish Ministers to publish proposals to enable better performance
NHS Tayside has a duty to publish Gender Pay Gap information and our Equal Pay Statement every 4 years.
We also have a duty to review and revise Gender Pay Gap Information every 2 years and publish this information.
To enable NHS Tayside to do this we have a duty to gather and use employment information to better perform the employment equality duty. We are required to publish employment information which is proportionate, flexible, outcome focused and operating within the public authorities existing systems and frameworks.
NHS Tayside monitor the numbers of:
Staff in post
Applicants for employment
Staff being trained and promoted
Staff receiving training
Staff who benefit or suffer detriment as a result of our performance assessment procedures
Staff who are involved in grievance procedures
Staff who are the subject of disciplinary procedures
Staff who cease employment with that person or other body
All Health Boards across NHS Scotland are required to produce and publish a Mainstreaming Report and Equality Outcomes every four years.
NHS Tayside has reviewed their local British Sign Language (BSL) plan and has assessed the progress with actions in line with the Scottish Government strategy.
NHS Tayside will publish their BSL progress report once it has been through NHS Tayside's governance process and by the end of the 2021.This will be published in English and BSL, alternative languages and formats are available upon request and processes are in place to respond to requests within good time.
If you would like to know of the progress of any of the actions listed in NHS Tayside’s BSL plan 2018-2024 prior to the publication of the BSL Progress Report 2021, please contact:
Jurgita Turner Corporate Equalities Team Lead email: jurgita.turner@nhs.scot Phone: 01382 660111 Ext 55189 Text: 07967776628 WhatsApp: 07971037764
NHS Tayside BSL Local Plan, 2018 – 2024: Progress Report 2021 - New Update
NHS Tayside has reviewed their local British Sign Language (BSL) plan and has assessed the progress with actions in line with the Scottish Government strategy.
You can read the reviewed NHS Tayside BSL progress report in English and BSL. The report is also available in alternative languages and formats upon request and processes are in place to respond to requests within good time.
If you have any queries related to this report, please contact NHS Tayside Corporate Equalities Team at tay.corporateequalities@nhs.scot or for BSL users send a BSL video message via WhatsApp: 07971037764. Alternatively, please contact Santosh Chima, Head of Corporate Equalities using ContactScotlandBSL.