Agenda and supporting papers - Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

Item 12
4. Current risks and concerns
The top risks and concerns for PHNT have been identified as:
• Equality impact assessment process is not integrated robustly into business
practice. This is a legislative requirement to ascertain how the way we provide our
services affects our patients and staff;
• Lack of equality information around complaints and incidents;
• Engagement with issues arising from the staff and patient surveys;
• Lack of disclosure in workforce data; and
• Poor quality patient data.
Conclusion
By embedding equality and diversity into the day to day business of the organisation, with
clearly defined objectives, we will ensure that we become an employer and service provider
of choice.
The Board Inclusion Development Programme, aligned to the Plymouth Way and Quality
Strategy, will be a first step to developing an improved equality and diversity strategy and
infrastructure, impacting positively on our patients and staff.
This will enable us to show, over time, that all our patients have equal access to services
which are open and approachable to all. In addition it will let us demonstrate that we deliver
high quality outcomes in partnership with others, are responsible and accountable for what
we do, showing to our staff that we value their contributions whilst developing their potential.
Recommendations
The Trust Board is asked to:
1. Support the principal of equality & diversity becoming part of the Trust’s core
business;
2. Support proposals for Board Inclusion Development Programme;
3. Support the utilisation of Trust surveys, complaints and incidents to identify trends
and the interventions required and
4. Support the Plymouth Way in embedding the values in the Trust and allowing the
appropriate challenge of behaviours and attitudes