At Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, we take equality, diversity and human rights seriously and want to ensure they are part of every aspect of our work. We believe that at every level within the organisation equality, diversity and human rights should impact the provision and delivery of services, the employment of staff, the management of the workforce, the development of policies and functions and how we engage and interact with our local community.
We recognise that the population we serve and our workforce is extremely diverse and is becoming even more so. For this reason, we have a business, moral and ethical, as well as a legal duty, to treat everyone fairly and without discrimination.
To achieve our vision statement of providing Excellent Care with Compassion and fulfil our Big Ambitions, we have developed an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy for 2021 – 2026.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of what we do, people caring for people. We commit to treating everyone we come into contact be that patients, their families, carers, colleagues, temporary workers, volunteers and colleagues from other organisations with dignity, respect, kindness and understanding. It is our vision that we make it every colleague’s responsibility to be consciously inclusive in everything we do for our colleagues and communities. You can view the strategy here.
You can find out more about Equality and Diversity, including links to our Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES), Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES) and our Gender Pay Gap report on our website, here.