Equality Delivery System and Equality Objectives
The Trust is working to implement a new
Equality Delivery System (EDS) to improve the way in which people from different equality groups are treated as patients, service users, carers, employees and volunteers.
The Trust is now using the EDS to benchmark performance. The EDS uses a rating system underpinned by a substantial number of factors which need to be evidenced to achieve the following ratings: undeveloped, developing, achieving and excelling.
How we identified our Equality Objectives?
During Feb and April 2011 the Trust has worked in partnership with many local communities of interest, the voluntary, statutory sectors and staff who represent people from all protected characteristics and health interests throughout Leicester Leicestershire County and Rutland.
More than 200 people attended the Equality Objective workshops across the County in 2011 and some 120 people completed the on-line survey.
The feedback from these events have helped the Trust identify a number of specific equality objectives aimed at reducing health inequalities and drive forward a more inclusive and accessible health service for all. Please
click here to find out more about the equality objectives
The Equality Delivery System (EDS)
The EDS framework is made up of 4 main Goals, which are broken down into 18 more focused Outcomes, which pose questions for NHS organisations to answer, providing evidence where necessary.The four main Goals are:
1. Better health outcomes for all
2. Improved patient access and experience
3. Workforce - the NHS as a fair employer
4. Inclusive leadership at all levels.
Use the links below to see our EDS report and the supporting evidence documentation.
Supporting evidence for the EDS report:
Public health programmes
Engagement and involvement
Publications and annual report
Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) websites:
Leicester City CCG
West Leicestershire CCG
East Leicestershire and Rutland CCG