The Equality Act helps the NHS discriminate the inequalities within the health care profession. Training on The Equality Act is often given with the first session being very in depth and then staff should recieve refresher courses every year. Throughout hospitals there should be wide variety of resources advertising The Equality Act such as posters, leaflets and TV adverts.
There are 9 protected characteristics which are:
• Age
• Disability
• Gender (male/female)
• Gender reassignment
• Marriage and civil partnership
• Pregnancy and maternity
• Race
• Religion or belief
• Sexual orientation
Equality within the healthcare profession plays a huge importance throughout its structure, the equality act ‘simplifies, strengthens and harmonises’ the current legislation to provide Britain with a new discrimination law which will help protect us as individuals from any unfair treatments and will help promote a fair and equal society in which we live in. We all have a right to be treated fairly whilst …show more content…
The NHS must become aware of any adjustments that are needed in correspondence to the disability or illness, if any employee needs to have any sickness days off due to their disability, the employer should be made aware of this and the relevant action taken place. Patients/employees that need or have to use lifts to get around safely, should be made aware where the lifts are, how they operate and the fire safety precautions. All lifts on the premises should working at all times throughout day and night except when there is a fire. People with visually impaired disabilities would also need extra help and guidance around the establishment due to the fact of; would they be able to take their guide dog into any treatment room? Therefore, the NHS would need to address the situation and make sure they have specific measures in place to support the visually
There are 9 protected characteristics which are:
• Age
• Disability
• Gender (male/female)
• Gender reassignment
• Marriage and civil partnership
• Pregnancy and maternity
• Race
• Religion or belief
• Sexual orientation
Equality within the healthcare profession plays a huge importance throughout its structure, the equality act ‘simplifies, strengthens and harmonises’ the current legislation to provide Britain with a new discrimination law which will help protect us as individuals from any unfair treatments and will help promote a fair and equal society in which we live in. We all have a right to be treated fairly whilst …show more content…
The NHS must become aware of any adjustments that are needed in correspondence to the disability or illness, if any employee needs to have any sickness days off due to their disability, the employer should be made aware of this and the relevant action taken place. Patients/employees that need or have to use lifts to get around safely, should be made aware where the lifts are, how they operate and the fire safety precautions. All lifts on the premises should working at all times throughout day and night except when there is a fire. People with visually impaired disabilities would also need extra help and guidance around the establishment due to the fact of; would they be able to take their guide dog into any treatment room? Therefore, the NHS would need to address the situation and make sure they have specific measures in place to support the visually