NHSGGC Equality Scheme - NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

In the current financial environment cost savings and efficiency are essential but NHS Greater
Glasgow and Clyde’s Directors will be accountable for ensuring that budget reviews and
cost savings do not have an unplanned and disproportionate impact on inequality groups or
increase the risk of discrimination.
Implementation and monitoring of the Scheme will be supported by NHS Greater Glasgow
and Clyde’s Corporate Inequalities Team (CIT). The team is accountable to the Director of
Policy and Planning who is the lead director for inequalities. There is also a range of Equality
and Diversity specialists who provide advice and support to services to assist with compliance
and meet the expectations of the Equality Scheme.
As part of the accountability of the CIT, a programme of road shows will be delivered to raise
awareness of the Scheme amongst staff groups. A summary document for staff entitled ‘The
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Equality Scheme 2010 - 13 - What it Means for Me’ will
also be provided as a quick and easy guide. The CIT will also ensure that all quality assured
Equality Impact Assessments (EQIAs) will be published on the NHS Greater Glasgow
and Clyde equalities internet site www.equality.scot.nhs.uk and will make copies available
in other formats upon request.
The new approach to planning includes the production of corporate planning and policy
frameworks which detail a number of actions which are required to promote equality and
remove discrimination.
“Our organisation is both large and complex. These two considerations can
often hamper progress when we are hoping to achieve system wide change.
However, through our new policy and planning frameworks, we will simplify
the way we plan the work of this organisation and ensure that inequalities
are at the heart of our planning functions.”
Catriona Renfrew - Director Corporate Planning
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