1. Equality Delivery System

2. Content
Background
Recommendations
Benefits
Questions

3. Background
EDS is a product from the DoH Equality and Diversity Council
Based on good practice in the NHS and beyond
Driven by good engagement and evidence

4. What is the EDS? The EDS is a set of 18 outcomes grouped into 4 goals:
Better health outcomes for all
Improved patient access and experience
Empowered, engaged and included staff
Inclusive leadership at all levels

5. What it delivers
Helps the NHS comply with the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED)
Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation
Advance equality of opportunity and
Foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not
Information on compliance
Equality Objectives

6. Protected Groups Age Disability Gender Sexual Orientation
Gender Reassignment
Marriage & Civil Partnership
Pregnancy & Maternity
Race/Ethnicity/Nationality
Religion or Belief
+ Include other disadvantaged groups

7. Grades For each outcome, one of four grades can be chosen:
Excelling Purple
Achieving Green
Developing Amber
Undeveloped - Red

8. Making the Grade Generally protected groups are referred to as:
All means all 9 protected groups
Most means 6 to 8 protected groups
Some means 3 to 5 protected groups
No/Few means 2 or less protected groups

9. EDS at Goal Better health outcomes for all
Improved patient access and experience
Empowered, engaged and included staff
Inclusive leadership at all levels
Lead
Libby McManus and Alastair Turnbull
Peta Hayward
Sue Holden

10. EDS at 25th May 2011 Board of Directors agreed to adopt EDS
29th July 2011 EDS grades manual published
7th October 2011 NHS North of England EDS Workshop
November Board of Directors briefing
December 2011 Identify Local interest groups
January 2012 Leads complete gathering evidence and identify gaps. Trust publish information showing compliance with the Equality Duty
February 2012 Undertake grading and agree objectives
March 2012 Board sign off objectives
By April 6th 2012 Publish grades and equality objectives

11. Benefits Help improve equalities performance Reduce inequalities
Assure progress
Demonstrates “Our Commitment to you ”
EDS also helps the NHS to deliver on the:
NHS Outcomes Framework
NHS Constitution for patients & staff
CQC Essential standards

12. Questions