Equality impact assessments

Equality impact assessments (EIAs) are a way of both making sure that our policies and the way we deliver our services do not disadvantage people from certain groups, and also a way of identifying where we might better promote equality of opportunity.

Northumberland Care Trust’s approach to equality impact assessment is to systematically analyse our services/functions, policies, procedures or practices to identify what effect, or likely effect, they will have on different groups in the community.

The equality groups we have identified cover the following areas: disability, race, religion/beliefs, gender, age, and sexual orientation.

A standard template has been developed to do equality impact assessment. This process involves gathering information, talking to people from different groups about their experiences, and making decisions about how services and policies impact on them. It then requires action to be taken to reduce any areas of negative impact and to build on areas of neutral or positive impact where appropriate.

A presentation on EIAs is available to download: equality impact assessments - what, why and how.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission have produced a useful guide to completing equality impact assessments. Click here to read the guide.

Here is our EIA tool, and the results of the equality impact assessments we have done so far:

Access compliance policy EIA	Home care EIA
Access to records policy EIA
Access to shared drives policy EIA
Adult placement EIA	Housing adaptations guidance ICT security policy v2 EIA Information security policy v3 EIA
Anaphylaxis policy EIA	Incident reporting EIA Infection control in the event of an influenza pandemic EIA
Appraisal policy EIA	In house day services EIA
Aseptic technique policy EIA Aspetic technique policy v2 EIA	In house residential care EIA
Banding and rebanding policy EIA	Information governance policy EIA Information governance and information risk policy and strategy v2 EIA Information governance policy and framework and information risk policy v3 EIA Information governance and technology risk management procedure v1 EIA Information sharing and disclosure procedures v1 EIA
Bed rails policy EIA	Intellectual property rights policy EIA Intellectual property management and revenue sharing policy v2 EIA
Being open policy EIA Capability and managing performance policy v1 EIA	Intravenous drug administration EIA
Cardiac rehabilitation service - summary
Cardiac rehabilitation service - full EIA
Care management EIA	JELS infection control policy EIA
Care management governance group EIA
Carers strategy EIA
Campus reprovision plans EIA
Clinical audit EIA	KSF gateway policy EIA
Clinical care documentation policy EIA	Latex sensitivity policy EIA
	Learning disability care management EIA Learning disability care management EIA (updated)
	Longer term view for older people EIA Management and prevention of violence against staff v3 EIA
Clinical trials policy EIA	Management of approved documents EIA
Clinical supervision policy EIA	Management of chief medical officer alerts EIA Management of MRSA in community and primary care v1 EIA Manual handling of loads policy v2 EIA
	Medical equipment and devices policy EIA Mental health and wellbeing policy v2 EIA Monitoring internet and e-mail procedure v1 EIA
	Monitoring pharmacies EIA
	MS nursing service EIA
	NHS number strategy EIA Non-medical prescribing policy EIA
	Older peoples mental health care management EIA Patient/service user identification protocol v1 EIA
	Physical disability and illness care management EIA
	Podiatry service EIA Policy on employees taking on secondary employment v1 EIA
	Pre-employment checks policy v1 EIA Preparation of statements for court (adult care) EIA Prescribing, supply and use of unlicensed medicinal products EIA
	Prison healthcare EIA
	Procedure for accessing information in other languages and formats EIA
Clostridium policy EIA	Producing polices policy EIA
Code of practice for needlestick/sharps injuries EIA	Professional registration policy EIA
Commissioning adult social care EIA	Record management policy - summary EIA
Community equipment service EIA	Record management policy - full EIA Records retention and disposal schedule EIA Registration authority policy v1 EIA Remote access procedure v1 EIA
Confirmation of professional registration EIA Confidentiality of personal information policy EIA	Review team EIA Research passport policy v1 EIA Risk management strategy v2 EIA Risk management strategy v3 EIA
Corporate records procedure EIA Corporate records procedure v2 EIA Corporate induction policy EIA	RA hardware policy EIA
Data quality policy EIA	SABS policy - full EIA
Data quality procedure EIA CJD policy v1 EIA
Contracting function EIA Decontamination of re-usable medical devices EIA	SABS policy EIA
Dental service EIA

Development and management of approved documents EIA	Safeguarding adults policy and procedure EIA
Digital evidence (forensic collection) procedure v1 EIA Dignity and respect policy EIA	Safeguarding children guidance Safeguarding children policy v1 EIA Safeguarding children policy v2 EIA Safe management of controlled drugs v1 EIA
Dignity at work policy EIA	Sexual health service EIA
Direct payments service EIA	Short break care for older people EIA
Disciplinary policy EIA Disposal of confidential waste procedure EIA	Serious and untoward incident policy EIA Single use equipment policy EIA
District nursing service EIA
Email and internet acceptable use policy EIA Email and internet acceptable use policy v2 EIA	Standards of business conduct EIA Specimen collection, handling and transporation policy EIA
Emergency plan EIA Equality, diversity and human rights policy v1 EIA	START EIA Storage, distribution, handling and disposal of vaccines policy EIA Storage, distribution, handling and disposal of vaccines policy v2 EIA
	Strategic transition EIA
Extending the remit EIA	Supply, storage and administration of medicines EIA
Freedom of information EIA Freedom of information policy and procedure v2 EIA Freedom of information policy and procedure v3 EIA Fraud policy and response plan v2 EIA GP appraisal policy EIA	Supported employment EIA
Grievance policy EIA Grievance policy and procedure v2 EIA Guidance on information governance requirements in contracts v1 EIA	Supporting clients with medication administration needs EIA
Hand hygiene policy EIA	Supporting people charging policy EIA
	Supporting people contract monitoring procedure EIA
	Supporting people commissioning plan EIA Supporting staff who are sick policy v1 EIA System specific security management procedure v1 EIA
	Tissue viability service EIA
Handling concerns about performance of independent healthcare professionals EIA	Transfer of personal information EIA Transfer of personal information policy v2 EIA
	Transforming day time support EIA Urinary catheter management policy v1 EIA User access management procedure v1 EIA
Information governance policy EIA Infection prevention and control operational policy EIA	Welfare rights service EIA
ICT security policy EIA Intellectual property management and revenue sharing policy v2 EIA	Wheelchair services EIA
Health and safety policy EIA	Whistleblowing policy EIA
Heart failure service EIA

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