- FoI Number
- 2023-558
- Subject
- Employment Equality
- Date Received
- 12/12/2023
- Request and Response
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- For the period covered by the last 5 full financial years, can you please provide the names of the organisations your Board has paid [including Stonewall where applicable in paying the fees involved to enter their Workplace Equality Index] to provide advice, insight and expertise in making sure that the Board’s workplace policies, practices and cultures are more accessible to people who represent the lived experience of the protected characteristics listed in the following table.
NHS Shetland has not commissioned any expert advice services from any other organisations representing the lived experience of other protected characteristics over the last 5 financial years.
- As well as the names of the organisations, I would ask for information on:
- How much they were paid to provide the services, including such as fees to be part of the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index.
- To what extent policies and practices were amended/changed or new ones introduced to eliminate discrimination as a result of the expertise provided [approximate number],
- Whether the Board paid for leadership training for employees from the protected characteristics listed as part of the organisational equality culture and practice change programme recommended by the expert organisation
- Whether the Board has carried out a formal assessment of the effectiveness [increases achieved in number of employees who are under-represented people with protected characteristics in the workforce] and value for money of paying organisations to provide these services.
N/A
Table 1.
Protected characteristic
Name of organisations who represent the lived experience of the protected characteristics paid by the Board to provide advice, insight and expertise in making sure that the Board’s workplace policies, practices and cultures are more accessible to people sharing that protected characteristic
N/A
Note: in answering this question, please provide the name of the organisation and the web site address.
Sex
Disability
Race
Religion or belief
Age
Sexual orientation
Gender reassignment
In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested. The training record system TURAS does not currently monitor ED statistics of this is an improvement action yet to be progressed
Table 2.
Protected characteristic
Amount paid to organisations for providing the services outlined in table 1.
N/a
Note : in answering this question please include any fees, contracts, grants and other forms of payment
Financial year
2022/23
2021/22
2020/21
2019/20
2018/19
Sex
Disability
Race
Religion or belief
Age
Sexual orientation
Gender reassignment
Table 3.
Protected characteristic
to what extent polices, practices and procedures were amended/changed to eliminate discrimination or make employment opportunities more accessible as a result of the expertise provided [approximate number] over the course of the last 5 financial years.
In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested.
Number of policies etc. changed
Up to 10
10 to 20
Over 20
Sex
Disability
Race
Religion or belief
Age
Sexual orientation
Gender reassignment
Table 4.
Protected characteristic
Did the Board pay for leadership training for employees from the protected characteristics listed as part of the organisational equality culture and practice change programme recommended by the organisation providing expertise?
If yes, how many employees in each of the last 5 financial years attended leadership training?
N/A
Note : in answering this question, please provide, on separate lines, the number of employees involved as well as the costs paid by the Board to enable attendance.
Financial year
2022/23
2021/22
2020/21
2019/20
2018/19
Sex
No.
£
Disability
No.
£
Race
No.
£
Religion or belief
No.
£
Age
No.
£
Sexual orientation
No.
£
Gender reassignment
No.
£
Table 5.
Protected characteristic
Has the Board has carried out a formal assessment of the effectiveness [increases achieved in the number of employees from under-represented people with protected characteristics in the workforce] and value for money of paying organisations to provide these services?
If yes, please indicate the year of the assessment [within the last 5 financial years], the increase in numbers of employees achieved in each protected characteristic found to be as a direct result of the paid-for advice/expertise, and either provide a copy of the assessment report or a hyperlink to where it can be found on the Board’s web site
Sex
Year of assessment:
Increase in employees:
Assessment report link:
Disability
Year of assessment:
Increase in employees:
Assessment report link:
Race
Year of assessment:
Increase in employees:
Assessment report link:
Religion or belief
Year of assessment:
Increase in employees:
Assessment report link:
Age
Year of assessment:
Increase in employees:
Assessment report link:
Sexual orientation
Year of assessment:
Increase in employees:
Assessment report link:
Gender reassignment
Year of assessment:
Increase in employees:
Assessment report link:
