Race Equality

Delivering the Race Equality Duties

Working at the very heart of the health service, NHS National Services Scotland delivers services critical to frontline patient care and in support of the efficient and effective operation of NHS Scotland.

Our staff are fully committed to delivering the Duties laid down in the Equality Act 2010 which are to; eliminate unlawful racial discrimination, promote equality of opportunity, and promote good relations between people of different racial groups. Our work with race equality since 2002 has been directed at ensuring all our policies, functions and service delivery aspects have been impact-assessed, and plans delivered to ensure that BME communities in Scotland receive the best service from us.

Review of NHS NSS Race Equality Scheme

For the 3-Yearly Review, NSS has reviewed and updated its Race Equality Scheme, to reflect where progress has been made against the Race Equality Duties and to provides Action Plans for the NSS Divisions for the next 3-Year period (2008-11). The NSS Race Equality Scheme will be reviewed and incorporated into the NSS Equality Scheme from April 2011 to reflect the changes with the introduction of the Equality Act 2010.

Employment Monitoring for Ethnicity in NSS Workforce

NSS is committed to building on its work with capacity-building, to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves. The results for our Employment Monitoring in respect of Ethnicity are available..