12. Equality impact assessment

12.1

The Equality Act 2010 places a statutory duty on public bodies to have due regard in the exercise of their functions.

The duty also requires public bodies to consider how the decisions they make, and the services they deliver, affect people who share equality protected characteristics and those who do not. In KMPT the culture of Equality Impact Assessment will be pursued in order to provide assurance that the Trust has carefully considered any potential negative outcomes that can occur before implementation.

The Trust will monitor the implementation of the various functions/policies and refresh them in a timely manner in order to incorporate any positive changes. The Equality Impact Assessment for this document can be found on the Equality and Diversity pages of the trust intranet.

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Contents

1. Introduction
2. Purpose
3. Explanation of terms
4. Duties
5. Organisational approach to sharing of information, learning and improvement
6. Organisational process for developing and taking action in relation to learning
7. Organisational process for implementing change as a result of learning
8. Organisational learning and promoting improvements in practice
9. Local learning
10. Training and awareness
11. Stakeholder, carer and user involvement
12. Equality impact assessment
13. Human rights
14. Monitoring compliance with and effectiveness of this document
15. Exceptions
Appendix A - Learning from local events and experiences
Appendix B - Learning from external assessments
Appendix C - Terms of reference