Equality and diversity
We recognise the human rights of our employees, service users
and everyone who works with us.
Healthcare Improvement Scotland is fully committed to embracing
diversity, delivering equality of opportunity.
- Equality - we aim to create a fairer society where everyone can
participate and have the opportunity to fulfill their
potential.
- Diversity - we recognise and value differences between
people.
- Human rights - we treate all human beings fairly,
respectfully, equally, in a dignified manner and recognising their
autonomy.
We will ensure that equality, diversity and human rights are
considered during the design, development and delivery of all our
policies, functions and outputs.
Our Equality and Diversity Action Group
Our Equality and Diversity Action Group leads the delivery of
equality and diversity within Healthcare Improvement Scotland. The
Group targets the following key areas where change is needed:
- physical access to our offices
- access to our publications and information
- access to this website.
The Group works in partnership with particular communities to
improve our communications and how we reach our audiences. It
learns from profiling our workforce and ensure who works for us
reflects Scotland's diverse communities
Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA)
Completing a checklist helps us decide if a policy,
function or output of our organisation requires an Equality Impact
Assessment (EQIA). We do this for every area of our work,
including work which is produced in collaboration with
other bodies. The majority of our work can be progressed with
minor or no changes following the completion of an EQIA
checklist. If, during the checklist process, we identify
any differential impact on people with any of the nine protected
equality characteristics, the checklist will be followed by an
impact assessment. This is a broader process requiring
consultation with affected groups, amendments to the original
document being assessed and additional research into
potential consequences on the groups of people identified. It
is a requirement of equalities legislation that any full impact
assessments are published on our website. You
can find our list of EQIA reports
here.
