{"id":11874,"date":"2024-10-10T10:07:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T09:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/?page_id=11874"},"modified":"2026-07-16T13:57:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:57:54","slug":"equality-diversity-and-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/integrated-care-board\/equality-diversity-and-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Egalitate, diversitate \u0219i incluziune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"assembler_default-group assembler_module_group assembler_default-group_1 assembler_module_group_1\"><div class=\"assembler_module_area assembler_module_area_1\"><div class=\"assembler_table-of-contents-module assembler_module assembler_table-of-contents-module_1 assembler_module_1  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-1\" id=\"module-1\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11874\/#module-1\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-1<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for table-of-contents-module - 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Template: template-text - Matched: _only --><section class=\"w-full mx-auto max-w-content pt-3 sm:pt-6 pb-3 sm:pb-6\">\r\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\r\n        <p>At NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB, we are committed to commissioning (designing and buying) health and care services that respect and respond to the diversity of our local population.<\/p>\n<p>We are equally committed to attracting and developing a diverse workforce that properly reflects the communities we serve.<\/p>\n<p>We aim to provide equality and fairness for all, and not to discriminate on any basis.<\/p>\n<p>Our legal responsibilities are set out in the\u00a0<a href=\"\/about-us\/equality-diversity-and-inclusion\/equality-act-2010\/\">Equality Act 2010<\/a>. We work closely with local people, patients, providers, staff and voluntary organisations to help reduce inequalities and eliminate any discrimination within our services and working environments.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\r\n  <\/section><\/div><!-- .assembler_text-module.assembler_module.assembler_text-module_2.assembler_module_2..transparent --><div class=\"assembler_text-module assembler_module assembler_text-module_3 assembler_module_3  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-3\" id=\"module-3\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11874\/#module-3\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-3<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for text-module - Template: template-text - Matched: _only --><section class=\"w-full mx-auto max-w-content pt-3 sm:pt-6 pb-3 sm:pb-6\">\r\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\r\n        <h2>Definitions of terms related to equality, diversity and inclusion<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Equality<\/strong>\u00a0is ensuring individuals or groups of individuals are treated fairly and equally and no less favourably, specific to their needs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Diversity<\/strong>\u00a0aims to recognise, respect and value people\u2019s differences to contribute and realise their full potential by promoting an inclusive culture for all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discrimination<\/strong>\u00a0is defined in the Equality Act 2010 as less favourable treatment because of a protected characteristic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Protected characteristic<\/strong>\u00a0is a term used in the Equality Act 2010 to describe who is protected by the Act. The protected characteristics defined by the Equality Act are: age, sex, race (including ethnicity and nationality), disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity and marriage or civil partnership.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.equalityhumanrights.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)<\/a>\u00a0provides definitions for each protected characteristic.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\r\n  <\/section><\/div><!-- .assembler_text-module.assembler_module.assembler_text-module_3.assembler_module_3..transparent --><div class=\"assembler_text-module assembler_module assembler_text-module_4 assembler_module_4  transparent\"><a tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"Section titled module-4\" id=\"module-4\" href=\"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11874\/#module-4\" class=\"anchor\"><span class=\"hidden\">Section titled module-4<\/span><\/a><!-- Template found for text-module - Template: template-text - Matched: _only --><section class=\"w-full mx-auto max-w-content pt-3 sm:pt-6 pb-12 sm:pb-24\">\r\n  <div class=\"entry-content w-full !px-0 max-w-small\">\r\n        <h2>The Equality Act 2010<\/h2>\n<p>The Equality Act 2010 brings together a raft of protections against discrimination and duties for public bodies in a single Act.<\/p>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/2010\/15\/contents\" class=\"btn-link flex w-[fit-content] \" rel=\"noopener\">Read the Equality Act 2010<\/a>\n\n<p>The ICB recognise our duties within the Equality Act to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Elimination of all unlawful discrimination\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 including harassment and victimisation and any other conduct prohibited by the act.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advancing equality of opportunity\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fostering good relations\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n  <\/div>\r\n  <\/section><\/div><!-- .assembler_text-module.assembler_module.assembler_text-module_4.assembler_module_4..transparent --><\/div><!-- .assembler_module_area.assembler_module_area_1 --><\/div><!-- .assembler_default-group.assembler_module_group.assembler_default-group_1.assembler_module_group_1  -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB is committed to commissioning health and care services that respect and respond to the diversity of our local population.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12008,"parent":11828,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11874","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11874"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48969,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11874\/revisions\/48969"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}