NHS Forth Valley

About Us

• Introduction
• Service Improvements
• Performance
• Public Health
• Equality and Diversity
  • Introduction
  • Development Group
• Governance
• Board Members
• Code of Conduct
• Partner Organisations
• Community Health Partnership

Equality and Diversity

In order to take forward a strategic approach to ethnic minority health within Forth Valley, the Fair For All Development Group was formed in October 2002 and has and has met regularly since.

As well as involving members of staff from within NHS Forth Valley, this Group includes volunteer advisers from the local ethnic minority communities, local authority colleagues, Central Scotland Police and the Local Health Council.

The role of the Group is to develop a local implementation plan with a mechanism for performance managing delivery in partnership with local people from ethnic minority backgrounds.

Racial Equality

The key principles of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act are:

• to eliminate unlawful racial discrimination
• to promote equality of opportunity
• to promote good race relations between people of different racial groups

Within NHS Forth Valley, we recognise and respect differences and diversity and believe that everybody has a right to be treated with respect and dignity.

We are committed to:

• combating racism in all its forms
• providing equality of access to our services
• providing equality of opportunity to our staff, volunteers and contractors
• providing fair and equitable treatment to our staff, volunteers, contractors and partners
• making every effort to provide an environment in which our staff, volunteers and contractors feel valued, able to fully contribute and to perform to their full potential

For further information on Fair for All and Race Equality, please click on the following links:

• Race Equaity Scheme 2008-11 (223k)
• NHS Forth Valley Race Equality Scheme 2005 - 2008 (602k)
• Workforce Ethnicity Monitoring Report (216k)
• NHS Forth Valley Interpreter Policy(42k)
• Promoting Race Equality - Have Your Say(349k)

Gender Equality

Information on how NHS Forth Valley will work to ensure gender equality in healthcare and employment opportunities is provided in the following documents:

• NHS Forth Valley Gender Equality Scheme (335k)
• Gender Equality Scheme (500k)
• Equal Pay Statement(32k)
• Gender Equality Scheme Annual Report 2008(210k)

Disability Equality

Information on how NHS Forth Valley will work to ensure equality in healthcare and employment opportunities in respect of disabilities is provided in the Disability Equality Scheme 2006-09 (pdf,436k)

• Revised Disability Equality Scheme For Consultation(512k)
• Fair for All Staff Leaflet - Facts you Need to Know(70k)
• Equality in Care- information from the NHSScotland 'e-Library' to help healthcare workers to achieve equality in care

Equality and Diversity Annual Reports

• Equality and Diversity Annual Report 2008 (313k)
• Equality and Diversity Schemes Annual Report 2007(350k)
• Equality and Diversity Schemes Annual Report 2007(556k)