Disability is an Asset Dr Christine Rivers Lead- Equality and Health Inequalities Team NHS England Debbie Alder HR Director General and Disability Champion Department for Work and Pensions

NHS England Commissions services – GPs, pharmacists, dentists Supports CCGs Delivering the Five Year Forward strategic view

Equality and Health Inequalities Team Work: Disability Learning Disability Employment Programme (LDEP) Increasing the number of people with learning disabilities in employment Secretariat to the Equality and Diversity Council (EDC) Oversight of major equality work- eg WDES Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES) Metrics comparing the experiences of Disabled and non disabled staff Universal Information Standard for Protected Characteristics (UISPC) Scoping unified equality data collection across workforce and service user populations Health and Wellbeing Alliance Bids Resources on Disability Confident, Disabled Staff Networks, Access to Work, Disability as an Asset

Disability as an Asset – What do we mean? ‘Nothing about us without us’ Realising the potential that disabled people bring to the workforce and to the work of the NHS Disabled staff at the centre of change Priorities decided through partnerships

The Benefits of Employing Disabled Staff Business Case Quality Case Delivery of Service Case HR Case Reputation Case Equality Case

…..What can we do to change this? Data is Fundamental…. ESR Nationally Disabled people make up 3% of the NHS workforce NHS Staff Survey Nationally Disabled people make up 17% of the NHS workforce …..What can we do to change this?

Department for Work and Pensions Employer

DWP as a Department 596,000 more disabled people in work than in 2013 Working with SMEs to promote ability, not disability 6,000 employers signed up to Disability Confident Scheme

Ability, not disability: a case study Video: Scott’s story

DWP as an Employer 7.5% DWP employees declaring a disability Assistive technology and accessibility 200+ Mental Health First Aiders and commitment to train an additional 500 this year Inclusion campaign