Welcome to the initiatives and news page of the Equalities and Diversity section. There are three main areas on this page and below is a quick link to each are, please click on the title that interests you and you will be directed to the relevant area.
Focused Implementation Site for Delivering Race Equality
Equality and Diversity Good Practice Examples
Posters, Factsheets and Newsletters
Focused Implementation Site for Delivering Race Equality
The Trust’s Focused Implementation Site Project, addressing the Department of Health’s Delivering Race Equality agenda, has now completed and we are pleased to draw your attention to the final Evaluation Report and Executive Summary which are available below:
Executive Summary of the Evaluation Report on the CNWL FIS Project
The full Evaluation Report on the CNWL FIS Project here.
The Department of Health launched Delivering Race Equality in Mental Health in January 2005, a five-year action plan to deliver equality of access, equality of experience and equality of outcome for BME communities in mental health based, on the three building blocks of:
- developing more appropriate and responsive services,
- increasing community engagement and making it more effective
- developing better quality information and using it more intelligently.
As a first stage, for the first three years of this plan 17 pilot sites, called Focused Implementation Sites, were selected around the country to research and test out new ways of working with service users and carers from Black and Minority Ethnic communities and find new ways of involving these communities in developing more appropriate mental health services. CNWL was one of these sites and chose to concentrate on looking at 5 service characteristics out of 12 that were identified in Delivering Race Equality in Mental Health as being key to delivering more appropriate and more responsive mental health services for Black and Minority Ethnic communities.
These were:
A reduction in the disproportionate rate of admission of people from BME communities to Psychiatric Inpatient Units
A reduction in the disproportionate rates of compulsory detention of BME users in Inpatient Units
A reduction in the proportion of prisoners from BME communities
A more active role for BME communities and BME Service Users in the training of professionals, in the development of mental health policy, and in the planning and provision of services.
A workforce and organisation capable of delivering appropriate and responsive mental health services to BME communities.
Equalities and Diversity '‘Good Practice' initiatives within CNWL
The Trust recognises the importance of highlighting, encouraging and communicating examples of ‘Good Practice’. To this end, a document providing information describing various Equalities and Diversity-related initiatives has been produced and this can be accessed below.
Equalities and Diversity 'Good Practice' initiatives within CNWL
Equalities and Diversity Posters, Factsheets and Newsletters
CNWL has produced a range of posters and accompanying factsheets to promote awareness of Equalities and Diversity legislation and in particular the general duties that it is required to fulfil under Equalities law.
Posters
1. Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 - Race Equality Duties
2. Disability Discrimination Act 2005 –Disability Equality Duties
3. Equality Act 2006 –Gender Equality Duty
The Trust has also produced a series of accompanying Factsheets.
Factsheets and Guidance
1. Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000
2. Disability Discrimination Act 2005
3. Equality Act 2006
4. Deafness and the Deaf Community Guidance
Inclusion News
Additionally, in order to ensure staff can be kept up-to-date on Equalities and Diversity developments, a Trust Newsletter has been produced, ‘Inclusion News’, and issues of this can be accessed below.
Inclusion News Issue No 18 August 2010
Inclusion News Issue No 17 May 2010
Inclusion News Issue No 16 February 2010
Inclusion News Issue No 15 November 2009
Inclusion News Issue No 14 August 2009
Inclusion News Issue No 13 May 2009
Inclusion News Issue No 12 February 2009
Inclusion News Issue No 11 November 2008
Inclusion News Issue No 10 August 2008
Inclusion News Issue No 9 May 2008
Inclusion News Issue No 8 February 2008
Inclusion News Issue No 7 November 2007
Inclusion News Issue No 6 August 2007
Inclusion News Issue No 5 May 2007
Inclusion News Issue No 4 February 2007
Inclusion News Issue No 3 November 2006
Inclusion News Issue No 2 August 2006
Inclusion News Issue No 1 May 2006