We need your help to continue shaping our work on workforce race & disability equality and inclusion

It is that time of the year again and we would welcome your involvement in upcoming engagement sessions to help co-develop improvement actions intended to close the gaps highlighted by our NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard/ (WRES) and NHS Workforce Disability Standard/ (WDES) datasets respectively.

WRES data highlights any differences between the experiences and treatment of White and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic colleagues and WDES data compares workplace and career experiences of colleagues with and without a disability and/or long-term conditions, with a view to closing the gaps highlighted through co-developing and co-implementing impactful actions for continuous improvements over time.  So, we would really value colleagues’ views on the data and input on developing some impact-focused actions intended to improve employment opportunities as well as workplace experience for all colleagues, particularly those with protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010. 

Please note that you are not required to attend the two engagement sessions for the WRES and WDES, as they are mirrored or repeat sessions. 

If unavailable on any of the above dates or at the times the engagement sessions are scheduled for, and interested in contributing to the Trust’s 2022 WRES and WDES improvement action planning, you can contact Marian Ogunkoya directly or via the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Team’s inbox: dchst.equality@nhs.net and more sessions would be considered/scheduled as demand dictates.  You can simply drop in to any or all of the sessions for however long you are able to.