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Race equality
Modernising Government has inclusion, diversity and anti-racism at its heart. The Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 (RR(A)A) places a statutory duty on NHS organisations (SHAs, PCTs, NHS Trusts, NHSFTs and Special Health Authorities) to promote race equality. This duty covers all aspects of an organisation's activities - policy and service delivery, as well as employment practices.
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Promoting race equality in the NHS
During March 2009 the (former) Healthcare Commission produced its final report on race equality in the NHS Tackling the Challenge, promoting race equality in the NHS outlined levels of compliance with race equality legislation across the NHS, highlighted examples of good practice and made a number of recommendations on the Department and the NHS.
Race equality as part of a single equality approach
A collation of experiences and ideas from NHS organisations in developing their Race Equality Schemes. The Department has supported a number of organisations in taking a single equality approach. Additional guidance is available through the ten steps approach available on this site.
- Tackling the challenge: Promoting race equality in the NHS in England (opens new window)
- Download A summary of the results from 39 trusts reviewed as part of the Healthcare Commission’s Race Equality Review (PDF, 20K)
- Putting race equality to work in the NHS
- Single equality schemes: a discussion paper for NHS organisations
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Also on this site:
Race equality performance guide for Strategic Health Authorities
Published by the CRE in 2004, and produced for the NHS with help from the DH and CRE.
Race for Health programme
Funded by the Department through Central Manchester PCT, the programme supports a network of 13 PCTs around the country, working in partnership with local and minority ethnic communities to improve health, modernise services, increase choice and create greater diversity within the NHS workforce.
Breaking Through programme
The NHS Breaking Through programme works by identifying, supporting and guiding people from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds with the talent and potential essential to assuming senior leadership roles.
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