Equality and diversity

Humber Foundation NHS Trust provides services and employment to a community with an increasing variety of backgrounds and needs. We aim to treat all our service users, visitors and staff with dignity and respect.

The Equality Act 2010 introduced a general duty requiring organisations to:

eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment, victimisation and other conduct prohibited by the Act
advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and those who don’t
foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who don’t

by:

removing or minimising disadvantages suffered by people due to their protected characteristics which could be age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race: including colour, nationality or national origins, religion or belief: including a lack of religion or belief, and where belief includes any religious or philosophical belief, sex and sexual orientation
taking steps to meet the needs of people from protected groups where these are different from the needs of other people
encouraging people from protected groups to participate in public life or in other activities where their participation is disproportionately low.

In order to help our Trust achieve its Public Sector Duty in relation to The Equality Act 2010 we will be implementing the NHS Equality Delivery System (EDS) which has four goals:

Better health outcomes for all
Improved patient access and experience
Empowered, engaged and included staff
Inclusive leadership at all levels

This work has been led by the Equality and Diversity Steering Group chaired by Kate Truscott, director of human resources and diversity.

In order to meet our Public Sector Duties under the Equalities Act 2010 our objectives have been published (but are subject to Trust Board approval). Please see Related downloads for our E&D objectives, action plan and EDS self assessment