Steph Butterfield
11-04-2008, 04:00 PM
The Department of Health has today published a brand new guide, designed to support NHS Managers to fulfil their responsibilities under the Gender Equality Duty.
Order Code : 289748 (visit www.orderline.dh.gov.uk)
Download : http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_089941
Trans: A practical guide for the NHS is a hundred page manual covering every aspect of what managers need to understand and do in order toensure that trans people experience equal outcomes with NHS organisations - both in the provision of services, and in access to employment.
The new guide provides extensive background on trans people's lives, along with clear direction on why it is important that NHS policy should ensure equal outcomes. It covers the requirements of the law in detail, and identifies areas where managers should be seeking to do more than merely comply.
Separate sections deal with employment and with service commissioning and delivery - with practical tips for what to include in the actionplans for equality schemes. Service planning and delivery issues donot just focus upon gender reassignment, but include life-long carefor patients who have a trans background. Extensive annexes provide further reading, a comprehensive glossary of terms, and explicit guidance about commissioning services and how to set about effective consultation with stakeholders.
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Order Code : 289748 (visit www.orderline.dh.gov.uk)
Download : http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_089941
Trans: A practical guide for the NHS is a hundred page manual covering every aspect of what managers need to understand and do in order toensure that trans people experience equal outcomes with NHS organisations - both in the provision of services, and in access to employment.
The new guide provides extensive background on trans people's lives, along with clear direction on why it is important that NHS policy should ensure equal outcomes. It covers the requirements of the law in detail, and identifies areas where managers should be seeking to do more than merely comply.
Separate sections deal with employment and with service commissioning and delivery - with practical tips for what to include in the actionplans for equality schemes. Service planning and delivery issues donot just focus upon gender reassignment, but include life-long carefor patients who have a trans background. Extensive annexes provide further reading, a comprehensive glossary of terms, and explicit guidance about commissioning services and how to set about effective consultation with stakeholders.
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