Laser Lessons - Lesson

SHC53-2#HSC

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

InFocus ‘Putting people first: equality and diversity matters 3: Achieving disability equality in social care services’ from the Commission for Social Care Inspection
'Our equality objective: from April 2012’ from the Care Quality Commission.
‘Creating a personal, fair and diverse NHS’ webpage from NHS Employers.
'Creating a personal, fair and diverse NHS’

Click on the link to the left to access a useful webpage about equality and diversity in the NHS, from the London Deanery.
Click on the link to the left to read more information about the Equality Act 2010
Click on the link to the left to access a leaflet produced by ACAS, the Advice, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, about equality and diversity in the workplace
Click on the link to the left to visit the website of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
Click on the link to read ‘The Equality Act 2010 – guidance for employers?’ from ACAS which includes also includes information about discrimination.
Click on the link to read the ‘Unison duty of care handbook: For members working in health and social care’ produced by Unison, the public sector union. It offers guidance on how best to question and challenge unsafe practice in health and social care settings.
Skills for Care have produce ‘Code of conduct for healthcare support workers and adult social care workers in England’ which includes a requirement to ‘Uphold and promote equality, diversity and inclusion’. Click on the link to read more about the code and read the definitions.
Research the Care Bill 2014 and consider how equality, diversity and inclusion impact on the new statutory principle of individual well-being.
Click on the link to this government webpage about discrimination.

Extended Learning