Annual Report and Accounts - Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS ...

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Valuing staff
● Informing and consulting with staff
We aim to ensure that our staff are aware of what
is happening in the Trust and are committed to
ensuring their involvement in the development
of services. We communicate with and involve
staff in a variety of ways including team or
individual meetings, monthly team briefs, an
annual staff survey, a regular staff newsletter,
messages and information on the Trust intranet,
personal development reviews and through
the annual business planning process.
Positive partnership arrangements have
been established with staff side representatives
and these have facilitated the successful
implementation of pay modernisation within
the Trust as well as changes to the way services
have been delivered over the last 12 months.
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● Equality and diversity
The Trust is committed to equal opportunities in
employment and an equality of opportunity policy
is in place supported by equality schemes covering
race and disability. A gender equality scheme
will be approved in the first quarter of 2007.
An equality and diversity steering group has
been established with a remit to review and
promote equality and diversity issues within
the Trust. The group will also monitor the
impact on service provision and employment
of equality and diversity initiatives.
The Trust has in place a policy framework to
support disabled applicants into employment,
to maintain people who become disabled
in employment and to support personal
and professional development.
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