Inclusive Services Workstream

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Inclusive Services Workstream

• Aim to promote equality and eliminate
  discrimination towards lgbt users of health and
  social care services

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Membership

• Chair Alison Burnal, Oxleas NHS Trust/ Christine
  Trethowan, Coventry Primary Care Trust
• Members
• Clive Taylor, Fylde Primary Care Trust
• Ford Hickson, SIGMA Research
• Gerard McGuickin, Terrence Higgins Trust
• Jan Bridget, GALYIC (Gay and Lesbian Youth in
  Calderdale)

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• Jerry Walsh, GLADD (Gay and Lesbian Association
  of Doctors and Dentists)
• Kate Schneider, NIMHE, now CSIP (National
  Institute for Mental Health in England)
• K Dyer, RCGP (Royal College of General
  Practitioners)
• Mike Murnane, DH Equality and Human Rights Group
• Ray Warburton, DH Pacesetters Programme
• Stephen Whittle, FTM (Female to Male) Network

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Themes from May 13 2005

• Staff awareness of lgbt equality
• Supporting service users to speak out against
  discrimination
• Publicising lgbt experience of NHS
• Eliminating discrimination for lgbt users of
  services
• Creating a safe environment for users of services
  to be out
• Developing a national model for monitoring sexual
  orientation and gender identity
• Promoting positive visual images in the NHS

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Action 2005/06

• Four pieces of work commissioned
• Training
• Monitoring
• Positive images
• bereavement

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Training

• Diverse Identities is scoping existing training
  models on lgb equality (training on transgender
  will be picked up in the gender equality work
  programme)
• The models will be evaluated and a set of core
  standards developed
• Examples of good practice will be identified

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Monitoring

• A review on monitoring of sexual orientation has
  been carried out by Stonewall
• The report covers monitoring of staff and of
  service users it reviews current practice across
  sectors, giving examples of good practice and
  makes recommendations
• The report will remain a Stonewall report but be
  available on the DH website

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Positive Images

• Positive images of lgbt people have been produced
  and will be available on the NHS picture library
  the resource used by NHS communications staff
• The spec for submitting photos will be publicised
  so that local community groups can submit
  additional pictures

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Bereavement

• A pack has been developed giving guidance to
  health and social care staff on bereavement and
  lgbt equality
• The pack raises awareness about the need for
  sensitivity and about particular issues that may
  affect lgbt people when bereaved

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Work for 2006/07

• Issues identified that have not received enough
  attention
• Follow up work from the work commissioned last
  year
• Additional areas that have come more to the fore