Equality and Diversity: Equality Outcomes

Equality and Diversity

 

The NHS Grampian Equality Outcomes 2021 - 2025 is available to download (pdf)

NHS Grampian has a legal duty under the terms of the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012, as amended, to produce and publish an Equality Outcomes Report every four years setting out what NHS Grampian wishes to achieve in the area of each of the 9 “protected characteristics” of equality as defined by the Equality Act 2010. The 9 “protected characteristics” are:
  • Race
  • Disability
  • Age
  • Sex (male or female)
  • Sexual orientation
  • Gender reassignment
  • Pregnancy and maternity
  • Marriage and civil partnership
  • Religion or belief
The equality outcomes are required to enable NHS Grampian to:
  • Eliminate discrimination
  • Advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it
  • Foster good relations between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it.

We have a legal duty when formulating the outcomes to involve and consult local equality and diversity groups, other local organisations, partner agencies, individuals and the wider community of Grampian to help shape the future pattern of services in these 9 key areas of our work.

A Consultation Draft was prepared with input from the NHS Grampian Disability Discrimination Act Review Group, the NHS Grampian Diversity Working Group, the NHS Grampian Racial Equality Working Group, the NHS Grampian Spiritual Care Committee and other groups and individuals in Grampian representing people with a protected characteristic. It was issued for consultation for a six week period from 12th February 2021 until 26th March 2021. The Consultation Draft was very widely distributed electronically to local groups representing people with a protected characteristic and the general public via the NHS Grampian website.

The comments received on the Consultation Draft are summarised in Section 14 on page 29.

Due to the current COVID-19 crisis, the Scottish Government, under the terms of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 and the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No2) Act 2020, Section 6.8.2, have relaxed reporting restrictions for public bodies in terms of timescales. This is to ensure that the work to prepare Statutory Reports does not detract from vital COVID-19 work.

We will continue to make progress in this field, but for understandable reasons, some aspects of this work may be delayed due to COVID-19.

Update Report (February 2023)

An update report (pdf) on the progress NHS Grampian has made in the period April 2021 to February 2023, to progress equality both in the services it provides, and within NHS Grampian.

 

Published: 08/08/2023 11:51