Wednesday 03 July 2024
Internal Reference Number: FOI_7455
Date Request Received: 28/09/2023 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 24/10/2023 00:00:00
This response was sent via: By Email
Request Summary: Hospital Policy on Reasonable Adjustments under the Equality Act 2010
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: A copy of your policy or guidelines regarding the identification and implementation of reasonable adjustments for patients under the Equality Act 2010. | |
| Answer To Question 1: https://viewer.microguide.global/SALIS/ODP#content,a396563f-0787-46c0-b165-e445e6089618 https://viewer.microguide.global/SALIS/ODP#content,b5b53858-c8b1-406c-95da-b3af005c5788 https://viewer.microguide.global/SALIS/ODP#content,3f971893-b3ef-4886-918a-e66b70fe3725 https://viewer.microguide.global/SALIS/NONCLINICAL#content,de587a36-6d03-4509-930f-79eb501072dc https://viewer.microguide.global/SALIS/ODP#content,95ec2946-0b24-4059-8a83-b13f55d6e6d4 | |
| Question Number 2: Information on the processes and procedures in place for health and care workers within your organisation to record and communicate reasonable adjustments for patients, including the use of the Reasonable Adjustment Flag on the NCRS. | |
| Answer To Question 2: We don’t use the Reasonable Adjustment flag. LD & Autism Policy references expectations re reasonable adjustments https://viewer.microguide.global/SALIS/CLINICAL#content,4f4db2ab-352a-4619-8689-42bcd66cd2ef | |
| Question Number 3: Details about the categories of adjustments and types of adjustments that can be recorded for patients on the Reasonable Adjustment Flag, as specified in the NHS guidance. | |
| Answer To Question 3: Reasonable adjustment flag not yet used | |
| Question Number 4: Any documents or guidelines that you provide to your staff regarding the assessment and recording of patients' needs for reasonable adjustments, including communication requirements and impairments. | |
| Answer To Question 4: https://viewer.microguide.global/SALIS/CLINICAL#content,4f4db2ab-352a-4619-8689-42bcd66cd2ef | |
| Question Number 5: Information on how you ensure that reasonable adjustments are applied promptly and consistently across all care settings within the hospital. | |
| Answer To Question 5: Not monitored | |
| Question Number 6: Any data or statistics related to the number of patients within your organisation who have been flagged as needing reasonable adjustments, and the types of adjustments commonly provided. | |
| Answer To Question 6: Not monitored | |
| Question Number 7: Information on how you comply with the legal obligation under the Equality Act 2010 to make anticipatory reasonable adjustments, particularly in cases where patients are referred or present for care. | |
| Answer To Question 7: https://viewer.microguide.global/SALIS/ODP#content,a396563f-0787-46c0-b165-e445e6089618 | |
| Question Number 8: Any additional documentation, reports, or guidance related to your efforts to satisfy your legal obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and NHS contracts. | |
| Answer To Question 8: Legal obligations are set out in statute and the protocols and policies disclosed are evidence of systems that are in place to make every effort to comply with such protective legislation. It is also not clear which NHS contract is being referenced . Under the NHS constitution each individual employee with the NHS has a duty not to discriminate .This information/ constitution (applicable to all users including staff and patients) is readily available in the public domain. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-nhs-constitution-for-england/the-nhs-constitution-for-england | |
| Question Number 9: Details on any training or education provided to staff within your organisation regarding reasonable adjustments for patients with disabilities. | |
| Answer To Question 9: Within LD training & Oliver McGowan Training | |
| Question Number 10: The contact information of the designated individual or department responsible for overseeing the implementation of reasonable adjustments within your organisation | |
| Answer To Question 10: There is no one individual instead a range of responsibilities sit in a variety of areas/forums. Quality directorate have some responsibility related to patients but OD+P would have responsibilities related to staff. | |
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