Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We work to ensure that all staff, patients and carers:
- are committed to equality of opportunity, treatment and behaviour
- have equal access to employment, promotion and development
- have equal access to services
- have their needs considered as we develop services
This means that equality and human rights are:
- embedded in our business planning
- fully considered within our governance structures
- part of the personal development of all staff
Working with our communities
Our responsibilities for engaging and consulting with the public, including diverse and hard-to-reach communities, are set out in a number of documents including Section 242 of the Health and Social Care Act.
Networks
We support our zero tolerance approach to all forms of discrimination with a number of networks to help staff speak up on any issues. Colleagues considering the impact of their service on the diverse groups of people we serve can also consult with these groups.
They include:
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- Black and Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME)Staff Network (promoting racial equality for all NUH employees).
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) (group promoting equality in sexual orientation, open to all staff who identify with the LGBTQIA+ community, as well as allies).
- Staffability (a network for disabled staff promoting disability equality and challenging stigma).
- Carers (the carers network has merged with the Staffability network since 2019)
Everyone is welcome here.
In July 2024 we launched our new organisational values: kind, inclusive, ambitious, and one team. We have now launched our new Everyone is welcome here campaign, designed to recognise and celebrate the diversity of our staff and to respond to the discrimination faced by them in our hospitals and in our communities.
Everyone is welcome here has our values at its heart, promoting kindness and inclusivity in our hospitals and in the community, and celebrating the contributions of all our colleagues. We hope this campaign will have a positive influence on our staff, our patients and the public, who will support us to make sure that at NUH, everyone is welcome.
At Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH), we believe in inclusion, and we value diversity. Out of more than 19,000 colleagues, 5,000 can trace their origins outside the UK.
Our colleagues come from more than 130 different countries and bring a wealth of knowledge, experience and skills. These colleagues contribute to every aspect of our services. These colleagues book appointments, greet patients, deliver meals, provide care, keep us safe through our security services and they are an intrinsic part of the leadership and operational management of the Trust.
Above all, colleagues from all backgrounds and across all characteristics provide care, day in day out. They are the backbone of NUH and of the NHS.
We stand together with our colleagues. We are clear that our strength lies in our diversity. Every individual, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation or background, deserves to be treated with respect and dignity.
Discrimination of any kind and in any form will not be tolerated at NUH. We are taking steps to support and protect our employees. We will use our policies and procedures to their fullest extent, and we will work with our partners, including the police, to address racism and other forms of discriminatory behaviour in our hospitals. We will work tirelessly to make NUH a haven of care, healing, and peace.
