Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) is committed to upholding its public sector duty (under the Equality Act 2010) to equality of opportunity and to treating all employees, potential employees and users of its services fairly and responsibly irrespective of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex and sexual orientation.
We believe that everyone should be treated fairly, with honesty, respect and dignity, and feel able to contribute and we are committed to taking equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights into account in everything that we do in line with our Trust values.
Diversity means all the ways that we differ; inclusion involves bringing together and harnessing these differences in a way that is beneficial.
We value and celebrate the diversity of our people and through this will provide the most compassionate care for our patients. We want the James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to be a place where everyone feels able to be themselves and are respected. Central to this is our pledge to tackle any form of prejudice or discrimination, in our relentless pursuit to be an inclusive and anti-racist organisation.
We are working with our staff, our patients and our visitors to understand where there may be issues of discrimination so that we can take action, and we want to build on existing relationships to enhance links with our stakeholders and work together, sharing knowledge, to support our aim to become a fully inclusive organisation.
We embrace different backgrounds, ways of thinking and skills to enable us to respond more effectively to the diverse needs of our patients and we are committed to ensuring that we learn from feedback received and that it is analysed from a diversity and inclusion perspective to ensure that we improve the patient/carer experience based on any themes emerging.
We will strengthen our engagement processes to ensure that diversity and inclusion is an integral part; building stronger links with individuals/groups who are less accessible to ensure that improved health outcomes are available to all.
We want to ensure that the needs of all those who regard themselves as being a part of a protected group are considered.
The Trust continues to incorporate the WRES (Workforce Race Equality Standard) and WDES (Workforce Disability Equality Standard) into its reporting mechanisms. We also seek to make continuous improvements through the use of the Trust staff survey results and work in partnership to support equality and diversity and human rights in our workforce.
