Respecting and supporting protected characteristics
A guide to race and ethnicity terminology and language
To access the guide created by the Law Society, please click here.
How to Respect my Ethnic Name
To access a guide on how to respect Ethnic Names developed by Anpu Sivakumaran, please click here.
Support your Staff during Ramadan – NHS Employers
To access guidance please click here.
LGTBQIA+ resources
- Sexual orientation is one of the 9 protected characteristics under the Equality Act and NHS England have collated a number of resources to assist healthcare professionals;
- Help understand what the abbreviation LGTBQIA+ stands for
- A “BMA” guide for Inclusive care of trans and non-binary patients. Primary audience is doctors, but useful tips for all healthcare professionals
Please access all the above resources, and more, here; LGBTQIA+ | NHS England | Workforce, training and education
Racism
Racism in the NHS
The following video is a documentary looking at Racism within the NHS.
Racism in the workplace – General Medial Council
The General Medical Council have developed a web page with a focus on combatting racism in the workplace, employer expectations, reporting mechanisms available and more. To access this webpage please click here.
Tackling racism and other types of discrimination – NHS England
NHS England have developed a webpage focused on tackling racism and other types of discrimination, to access please click here.
How to be a White ally
Exploring what it means to be a White Ally
Bullying and incivility at work
Challenging Microaggression – NHS Imperial College Healthcare
The NHS Imperial College Healthcare have developed a Toolkit, looking at what microaggression is, the effects of microaggression and how it can be challenged. To access the Toolkit please click here.
Active Bystander Training
Training focused on challenging antisocial behaviour. For full information, please click here.
Bullying and incivility at work: an evidence review: practice summary and recommendations
Bullying and Incivility at work – CIPD Evidence Review
CIPD the professional body for HR and people development have developed a Bullying and Incivility at work Review. To access their review, please click here.
Preventing bullying and harassment Training
The training helps individuals to differentiate between bullying and harassment and provides opportunity to reflect on how a comfortable working environment can be created for all. For full information regarding this Training please click here.
Disability
Working with blind and partially sighted colleagues
To access the employer and staff guide, please click here.
Ability Net – Disability and accessibility related events calendar
To access the events calendar please click here.
Disability Matters – e-Learning for healthcare
Disability Matters is a free eLearning resource for the UK workforce and is made up of three different programmes. These programmes are as follows:
- Disability Matters: all Disability Matters elearning sessions
- Disability Matters Learning Packages: elearning sessions that have been grouped together to meet particular learning needs.
- Disability Matters Resources: Face-to-face training resource packs
For full information, please click here.
Further Resources
The Kings Fund
The Kings Fund page has a variety of resources focused on EDI, to access the website please click here.
UK Armed Forces – Say you served
This campaign has been developed to encourage Veterans to make their GP Practice aware that they have served in the UK Armed Forces. For further information regarding this campaign please click here.