Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of our organisational culture.
Our ambition is to lead amongst peers as an environment for patients, volunteers and colleagues that accepts, hears and values everyone and where differences drive innovation to meet the needs of our patients.
We are committed to tackling inequalities, including health inequalities, and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion and human rights with the highest possible standards of care and outcomes for everyone creating a better working environment for our colleagues.
Together we will work towards a representative workforce that is able to provide the quality, the dignity and respect and to deliver above and beyond our statutory duty to:
- Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation on and other conduct that is prohibited by the Equality Act 2010;
- Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not; and
- Foster good relations between people who share protected characteristics and those who do not.
The trust is committed to challenging prejudice and discrimination wherever this affects our service users and staff and making equality and diversity integral to our organisational culture. We have adopted the NHS Equality Delivery System, a framework to help us continually improve our performance on equality.