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Equality impact assessment: summary tool and guidance for policy makers

  • Document type:
    Publication
  • Author:
    Department of Health
  • Published date:
    18 November 2008
  • Publication format:
    Electronic only
  • Gateway reference:
    10702
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown

Equality impact assessment (EqIA) is the process by which the DH seeks to meet its legal requirements in conjunction with the DH Single Equality Scheme (SES) and to narrow the health inequalities that exist in England between people from different ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities, men and women (including transgendered people), people with different sexual orientations, people in different age groups, and people with different religions or beliefs. Policymakers must screen all new (and eventually, all existing) policies for their impact on people from each of these groups.

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