At UHCW, we are committed to being accountable and transparent as an organisation and individuals about our progress toward our broader organisational goals, highlighting areas of improvement, whilst celebrating our collective successes.
Our goal is for every staff member to feel valued and proud to be part of UHCW, enabling and fostering an environment where they can deliver the high-quality care our community deserves.
By continuously monitoring our progress, we aim to become more culturally aware and effective, provide a safe and nurturing work environment, and improve the employment pipeline and general workplace experience for our diverse communities, benefiting everyone we serve.
As an NHS Trust, we are mandated to publish several key reports annually, our Workforce Race Equality Standards action plan (click here for 2024) and Workforce Disability Equality Standards action plan (click here for 2024).
While these reports outline minimum actions required by regulation - our commitment goes beyond compliance. As a Trust, we are determined to foster a genuine culture shift that transcends mandatory requirements.
Through our People Strategy (2023 – 2030) (click here), we have made a firm commitment to embody our values, with "belonging" being a central theme. We are dedicated to ensuring that "our people will be welcomed, included, valued, and enabled." Our Inclusion Delivery Plan (IDP) 2023 – 2025 (click here) plays a critical role in achieving this, with initiatives including an Inclusive Recruitment Audit, a system-wide Inclusive Recruitment programme, Cultural Awareness training, and the development of an Anti-Racism Toolkit.
These initiatives are not only about compliance - they reflect our belief that an inclusive and diverse workforce fosters innovation, improves decision-making, and enhances patient care.
Diversity brings a richness of perspectives that is crucial for problem-solving and addressing the needs of our diverse patient population.
As we look toward 2025 and the refresh of our Inclusion Delivery Plan, we aim to identify new opportunities for improvement and celebrate our progress. We will build our actions through an accessible and inclusive lens, collaborating and connecting with our networks, councils and the voices of our staff, to ensure our actions are data-driven, targeted, transformational and impactful - focusing on priority areas, and improving our current processes.
By embracing continuous improvement and inclusivity, we strive to create an environment where everyone, staff and patients alike, can thrive.
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