All Equality and diversity articles – Page 38
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NewsCQC to target racial health inequalities
Ethnic minorities struggle to get the right healthcare and their health outcomes can be worse than for other patients, the chief executive of the Care Quality Commission has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to increase BME access to psychological therapies
A programme to improve access to psychological care is reaching into BME communities, reports Stuart Shepherd
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NewsNHS managers’ career progress barred by prejudices, confidential study finds
Candid accounts of managers held back in their careers through prejudice and discrimination have been revealed in a confidential Department of Health investigation.
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HSJ KnowledgeAdvice for NHS employers on dealing with injury to feelings claims
Disputes where an employee claims injury to their feelings by their employer can lead to costly awards and managers need to be aware of the law and procedures
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to get better health outcomes in diverse groups
Healthcare of people from BME groups is being improved by committed leaders and by projects monitoring community cohesion as well as equalities. Mark Gould reports
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat mental health service users want
Enabling mental health service users to communicate their views and direct their care requires a variety of routes, says Jennifer Taylor
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CommentPaul Corrigan on NHS values and reality
NHS values concerning equal access for all, free at the point of need, are the core of its culture.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to commission for equality and diversity in the NHS
Collecting ethnicity data and engaging with the range of communities will help the NHS address health inequalities and meet its statutory requirements, says Caroline White
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NewsDH data shows no link between NHS spending and patient outcomes
There is no clear relationship between primary care trust spending on killer diseases and outcomes for patients, the latest data from the Department of Health suggests.
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CommentJon Restell on achieving race equality in the NHS
A few weeks ago, I watched a documentary about the Motown tour of the UK in 1965.
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NewsTower Hamlets PCT works with local mosques
Mosques across London’s worst-hit primary care trust have played a central role in disseminating information about swine flu.
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NewsCommunity treatment order fears confirmed
Fears that supervised community treatment orders would be disproportionately imposed on patients from ethnic minorities have proven to be founded.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe tension between religion and healthcare
When the religious beliefs of an NHS employee run contrary to trust policy, the result is often headline grabbing conflict. Louise Hunt looks at a modern day dilemma
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News‘National care service’ could pit councils against NHS
The long-awaited social care green paper has set out the government’s ambition for a national care service that could offer a basic minimum entitlement to all, regardless of financial means.
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NewsReality chips away at NHS's gold-plated pension scheme
The ‘gold plated’ NHS pension scheme swallows 10 per cent of the service’s budget, but even in these tight times reforming it is a challenge no party is keen to accep.
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NewsBuilding Britain's Future hints at threat to SHAs
The government has set out plans to turn NHS targets into enforceable patient entitlements in a move that is likely to see the role of strategic health authorities reduced.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to tackle equality and diversity in the health service
NHS Employers has chosen 20 trusts as partners to lead the way on equality and diversity. HSJ looks at some of the schemes in place to improve the health service not just for patients but for its workforce too
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NewsLeeds chief exec leaves for Medical Education England
Leeds primary care trust chief executive Christine Outram has been appointed managing director of Medical Education England, the new national workforce training and planning body.
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NewsMonitor urged to take a stand on race equality
The foundation trust watchdog Monitor is facing calls to speak out on race equality instead of allowing finances to dominate its attentions.
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NewsConcerns NHS could be challenged under EU competition law
NHS contracts with private providers could fall foul of EU competition rules if they allow excessive profits, a briefing paper from the NHS Confederation warns.