Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 218
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
I would like to know the number of employees within your trust whose job roles formally require them to address issues of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion EDI., including but not limited to all staff whose job title has ‘EDI’, ‘Equality’, ‘Diversity’ or ‘Inclusion’ in it, as well as all remuneration costs for these roles. One “Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead” B8a 48,526 – 54,619.
Does your NHS trust have an EDI strategy, a diversity strategy, or any other strategy aimed at increasing the amount of female, BAME, LGBT+, or disabled employees? Yes – The People Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion Policy, EDI Action Plans “We don’t use the term “BAME”.
What are the costs related to the development and implementation of these strategies? We are unable to quantify the costs of this work as it has involved a range of people but who have undertaken the work as part of their normal roles, and not as discrete pieces of work. Is your NHS trust involved in any other project or initiative aimed at promoting diversity, in terms of gender, ethnicity, nationality, sexual preference or ablebodiedness, and if so, what are the costs related to these projects or initiatives? Unknown “We don’t use the terms “ablebodieness” or “sexual preference”.
FOI Request
Under the Freedom of Information Act I would like to request the following information
regarding the financial efforts of your NHS foundation. trust to promote diversity.
I would like to know the number of employees within your trust whose job roles formally require them to address issues of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion EDI., including but not limited to all staff whose job title has ‘EDI’, ‘Equality’, ‘Diversity’ or ‘Inclusion’ in it, as well as all remuneration costs for these roles.
Does your NHS trust have an EDI strategy, a diversity strategy, or any other strategy aimed at increasing the amount of female, BAME, LGBT+, or disabled employees?
What are the costs related to the development and implementation of these strategies?
Is your NHS trust involved in any other project or initiative aimed at promoting diversity, in terms of gender, ethnicity, nationality, sexual preference or ablebodiedness, and if so, what are the costs related to these projects or initiatives?
I would like to receive this information via email please.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to receiving your response.