The Role and Purpose of the NHS Centre for Equality and Human Rights

NHS Centre for Equality and Human Rights is a strategic resource for NHS organisations that helps them to build capacity and capability to ensure they are able to:

 

1.   meet their statutory equality and human rights requirements

2.   demonstrate they meet the diverse needs of patients and staff when planning and delivering health services, and

3.   promote learning, collaborative working and best practice on equality and human rights across the NHS and wider Welsh public sector

 

The Centre uses a range of tools and techniques to help oranisations build capacity around the promotion of equality such as coaching, mediation, action learning, guidance and bespoke support on undertaking Equality Impact Assessment, peer support and learning.  The Centre works collaboratively with a range of organisations such as : National Leadership and Innovations Agency for Healthcare; Welsh Local Government Association; Welsh Assembly; Equality and Human Rights Commission and across the wider voluntary sector to promote equality and human rights and stress its importance when delivering appropriate and effective public services for Welsh citizens.