Health Management and Policy Alert

NHS Workforce Disability Equality Standard: technical guidance

NHS England -
The NHS Workforce Disability Equality Standard is designed to improve workplace experience and career opportunities for disabled people working, or seeking employment, in the NHS. Organisations will be encouraged to introduce new measures and practices which positively support disability equality in the workplace and further the involvement and engagement of disabled communities more widely in the work and aims of the NHS. This techncial guidance provides detailed information and guidance to support the Standard that will apply to all NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts from 1 April 2019.

• Technical guidance
• NHS England - publications

No room at the inn: how easy is it for nomadic Gypsies and Travellers to access primary care?

Friends, Families and Travellers - 

This reports the findings of a mystery shopping exercise in which the charity contacted 50 GP practices posing as a patient wishing to register who didn’t have a fixed address or proof of identity. It found that almost half of practices would not register them. Despite this, every GP practice was rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission for their work with ‘People whose circumstances may make them vulnerable’.

• Report
• Press release

National LGBT survey 2017: healthcare amongst lesbian and bisexual women - research report

Government Equalities Office -
This report presents key findings on health care amongst different groups of lesbian and bisexual women who responded to the survey, looking in detail at disclosing sexual orientation to health care providers, accessing and using mental health services, sexual health services and gender identity services. The analysis uses multivariate models to control for socio-demographic characteristics such as age, education level, income and region.

• Report
• Government Equalities Office - publications

Men as allies

Health & Care Women Leaders Network - 

In this report, the Health & Care Women Leaders Network, delivered by NHS Confederation and NHS Employers, explores some of the important actions and behaviours men can take to support the development of female leaders in the NHS. The report was compiled following conversations with a number of male senior leaders who shared their views on the barriers facing women getting to leadership roles in the NHS and how those can be overcome. It also includes contributions from a Tweet chat held by the network on the topic of men as allies in January 2019.

• Report
• Press release

 

Equality works

Global Health 50/50 -
This report focuses on gender equality in the workplace, reviewing policies, programmes, and indicators of power and privilege across 198 global organisations active in health. It aims to provide an in-depth look at gender equality within the workplace across four dimensions: commitment, evidence-informed policy content, equitable outcomes in power and pay, and gender-responsive programming.

• Report
• Global Health 50/50 - publications

A model employer: increasing black and ethnic minority representation at senior levels across the NHS

NHS England - 
This document outlines the ambitions set by NHS England and NHS Improvement and reflected in the Long Term Plan, for each NHS organisation to set its own target for BME representation across its leadership team and broader workforce. The strategy will provide accelerated, intensive support to local NHS organisations on increasing the recruitment of BME staff at senior levels

• Report

Workforce race equality standard: 2018 data analysis report for NHS trusts

NHS England - 
The fourth WRES report is the first to compare data against previous years. It enables organisations to compare their performance against others in their region or those providing similar services and also to provide a national picture of WRES in practice. It is accompanied by a report which outlines the experience of five NHS trusts in applying quality improvement methodology to the workforce race equality agenda.

• Report
• Further information

NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard: 2018 data analysis report for NHS trusts

NHS England -
This report aims to enable organisations to compare their performance with others in their region and those providing similar services, with the aim of encouraging improvement by learning and sharing good practice. It also aspires to provide a national picture of the Workforce Race Equality Standard in practice, to colleagues, organisations and the public on the developments in the workforce race equality agenda.

• Report
• NHS England - news

LGBT in Britain: health report

Stonewall - 

Stonewall commissioned YouGov to carry out a survey asking more than 5,000 lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) people across England, Scotland and Wales about their life in Britain today. This report, part of a series based on the research, looks at mental health and well-being of LGBT people and investigates the specific experiences of LGBT people when accessing healthcare services. This study shows the rates of depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions among LGBT people. It also looks into the accessibility of healthcare services and discrimination LGBT people face when seeking medical support.

• Report
• Press release

Medical CCT class of 2016: survey 2017: how have they fared?

Royal College of Physicians -

Published jointly with the the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, this is the ninth annual survey reporting the experiences of and outcomes for certificate of completion of training (CCT) holders within one year of gaining their CCT. For several years in a row it has found  that CCT holders who describe themselves as being of white British ethnicity apply for fewer posts, but are more likely to be shortlisted and offered a post. Black and minority ethnic (BME) women appear to be particularly disadvantaged.

• Report
• Press release