Bradford and Airedale NHS Equality Group Monday 14th January Notes of meeting 1. Attendance, apologies and Introductions Name Organisation Grace Alderson Lorraine Cameron Lynne Carter Pamela Coulson Sue Crowe Steve Davison Leeroy Golding Margaret Hanson Rebecca Hewitt Wil Lilburn-Quick Imtiaz Naqvi Cait Phillips Amandeep Singh Kuldip Sohanpal Violet Cannon Gill Bowskill Hannah Corby-Hewitt Phil Cutler Carolyn Eastwood Liz Firth Leeroy Golding Krystal Hemingway Asif Hussain Amria Khatun Trevor Ramsay Helen Speight Fiona Stephens Natasha Thomas Lisa Wright Attended Non-Exec Director BTHFT Equality Lead, BTHFT Equality Lead, NHS ABL Mind in Bradford Strategic Disability Partnership Bradford LINk BME Staff Network, BDCT Equality lead, BDCT Equity Partnership Staff networks, BDCT BAVIP LGB&T staff network, BDCT BME staff network, BTHFT Equality Lead, ANHSFT Gypsy and Traveller Outreach Worker, BDCT Apologies Strategic Disability Partnership LGB staff network, BTHFT Bradford Older People’s Alliance Carers’ Resource Bradford District Women’s Forum BME Staff Network, BDCT Healthier Lives Bradnet BMDC BAMHAG Thornbury Centre Deputy Director, Patient & Public Engagement, NHS ABL VCS Health & Wellbeing Forum Equality Lead, BDCT List of abbreviations at end of minutes 2. Update from last meeting A written update on the following items was discussed and is attached as appendix one: The following actions were agreed and comments made: 1 Action / Comment Lynne Carter to follow up and report back to next meeting on involvement in our group of our three local CCGs and possibly the Local Area Team of the NHS Commissioning Board. Additional information about Healthwatch: From 1st April 2013 locally BAMHAG will provide the NHS Complaints Independent Advisory Service As part of the discussion about our group’s work, the fear was expressed that some talented NHS equality practitioners are losing their jobs through the current reform process. Some of these staff may have opportunities to work at the NHS Commissioning Board. During the discussion about the reports on engagement with young people and LGB people, different views were expressed about whether the sample size is big enough and a concern was raised that we need to reach out to people who are not engaged in events etc. There was also a discussion about monitoring, particularly with regard to people with learning disabilities and mental health issues. Rebecca Hewitt informed the group that Equity Partnership recently surveyed local LGBT people and 71% reported that they would say they are LGB if asked by a health or social care provider. 3. Person responsible Lynne Group work on reviewing the work of our group Participants worked in small groups to discuss how our group has worked – both the large group meetings and the smaller EDS assessment panels that were held last year. These are the key suggestions arising from that discussion:  Focus panels on each protected characteristic, probably grouped into pairs as follows: o Race and Religion and belief o Disability and Age o Gender and Maternity & pregnancy o Sexual Orientation and Gender Reassignment  VCS reps would involve a broader range of grassroots organisations / individuals in these panels. Health Partnership Project and VCS Assembly could help with this.  We need to think about what the benefits for VCS reps are. 2  The panels would consider evidence from all 4 trusts (need to maintain this aspect so good practice can be shared)  The evidence will focus on progress made against EDS framework and any relevant equality objective(s). Focus discussion on where the issues are and suggest possible solutions  Suggestion to have the big group “do the work” – we lost people through the smaller panels. This could be more inclusive. Next steps Steering group to consider these suggestions and arrange next meetings. Steering group to amend the terms of reference accordingly. Abbreviations ANHSFT BAMHAG BAVIP BDCT BME BTHFT EDS LINk LGB NHS ABL VCS Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Bradford and Airedale Mental Health Advocacy Group Bradford Association of Visually Impaired People Bradford District Care Trust Black and Minority Ethnic Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Equality Delivery System Local Involvement Network Lesbian, gay and bisexual NHS Airedale, Bradford and Leeds Voluntary and Community Sector 3 Appendix One a. Update for Bradford and Airedale NHS Equality Group 14th January 2013 Clinical Commissioning Groups and Public Sector Equality Duty Update: In our locality three CCGs have been authorised. These are:  Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven  Bradford City  Bradford Districts They will become statutory bodies on 1st April 2013. Each has a draft equality & diversity strategy that includes a commitment to this group and to using the Equality Delivery System. The Public Sector Equality Duty to publish information by 31st January will therefore not include CCGs this year. The Public Sector Equality Duty requirement to agree equality objectives is for at least every four years. Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven and Bradford City CCGs have agreed to work towards our joint equality objectives until 2014 when they will agree at least one objective of their own. Bradford Districts CCG is looking at how our joint equality objectives map against its strategic objectives. b. Commissioning Support Service Update: In April 2013 Primary Care Trusts and Strategic Health Authorities will cease to exist. A new West Yorkshire Commissioning Support Unit (WYCSU) is being established to provide services to the 10 CCGs in West Yorkshire. Lynne Carter will be a member of the small WYCSU equality & diversity team. 4 c. Healthwatch Update: Nationally from April 2013 Healthwatch will replace LINk as the new consumer champion for both health and social care. Our local Healthwatch will be hosted by KIVCA (Keighley and Ilkley Voluntary and Community Action) d. Patient survey information Update: We have worked with the Strategic Health Authority to fund Yorkshire and Humber Equality Observatory to gather equalities information from hospital (acute) patient surveys - adult inpatients, adult outpatients, maternity services and adults using Accident and Emergency and from the GP Patient Survey. This will be available in March 2013. e. Equalities events – Pride, BTHFT young people’s event Bradford Pride 2012: All four Trusts attended the Pride event in June 2012. We carried out a survey to gather information about local LGB and T people’s experiences of using health services. The report forms part of the papers for this meeting. Young People’s Event: Bradford Teaching Hospitals: 12 October 2012. We carried out a survey and the report forms part of the papers for this meeting. 5