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 being present in an establishment. An employer must consider making reasonable adjustments for any disabled or visually impaired patient or employee. …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 impaired. Diversity within the NHS is important as we need and have to respect everyone’s differences which can be varied. We are all unique and have our own personality which shouldn’t effect how we work or how we operate as humans whether in the workplace or as a patient. People of different skin colour may feel like they need to prove themselves and get noticed to fit in and/or succeed. But, just because their skin is a different colour that doesn’t prevent them from achieving more or less in the workplace. They are still an individual and are unique in their own way, their skin colour shouldn’t affect them or how they perform. Sexual orientation can be a major influence on how we look and understand persons. No one whilst at work or patients should be discriminated just because of their sexuality; it shouldn’t matter to people who or what you like as long as you are good at your job and you can deliver appropriate care when needed. Prejudice and discrimination can lead to disempowerment of individuals due to many reasons. Stereo typing can lead to disempowerment no matter what your gender, weight or sexuality is. Many people stereo type without even realising; Nurses are often stereo typed due to the fact of how they are perceived in the media, films for example,
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 being present in an establishment. An employer must consider making reasonable adjustments for any disabled or visually impaired patient or employee. …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 impaired. Diversity within the NHS is important as we need and have to respect everyone’s differences which can be varied. We are all unique and have our own personality which shouldn’t effect how we work or how we operate as humans whether in the workplace or as a patient. People of different skin colour may feel like they need to prove themselves and get noticed to fit in and/or succeed. But, just because their skin is a different colour that doesn’t prevent them from achieving more or less in the workplace. They are still an individual and are unique in their own way, their skin colour shouldn’t affect them or how they perform. Sexual orientation can be a major influence on how we look and understand persons. No one whilst at work or patients should be discriminated just because of their sexuality; it shouldn’t matter to people who or what you like as long as you are good at your job and you can deliver appropriate care when needed. Prejudice and discrimination can lead to disempowerment of individuals due to many reasons. Stereo typing can lead to disempowerment no matter what your gender, weight or sexuality is. Many people stereo type without even realising; Nurses are often stereo typed due to the fact of how they are perceived in the media, films for example,