Evidenced

Yes or No

Comments

Does the scheme show how the NHS organisation intends to fulfil its general and specific duties – does the scheme:

Reflect all the functions of the organisation, including partnerships and procurement?

Outline its leadership commitment?

Identify the lead person and / or board level sponsor?

Set out the starting points and relate to previous work undertaken?

Involvement of disabled people – does the scheme:

Reflect how disabled people have been involved in all the key aspects of the scheme?

Indicate that this is more than consultation?

Show how the organisation has involved a wide range of disabled people / organisations?

Reflect a wide range of involvement, covering workplace and service delivery?

Detail how barriers faced by disabled people have been identified?

Demonstrate how involvement has set priorities for action plans and impact assessments?

Demonstrate a link with planning activities?

Identify actions to improve areas such as involvement where this has been difficult?

Detail any financial commitment to support involvement?

Gathering evidence – does the scheme:

Identify the arrangements for gathering evidence on the effect of policies and practices for disabled people in respect to the general duty?

Cover different monitoring methods and what structures are in place to collect and analyse data for both employment and service provision?

Review existing methods of gathering evidence?

Identify what evidence is needed?

Identify measures to be used to identify barriers as well as successful outcomes?

State what action will be taken if the data presents adverse impact?

Show what arrangements will be put into place to address any gaps identified?

Indicate how information is shared with other organisations?

The disability action plan – does the action plan:

Reflect all areas of the general duty?

Indicate specific targets or steps against a timetable, with specific outcomes, responsibilities and progress made?

Separate actions for individual identifiable departments?

Detail the priority areas for impact assessment, with timescales?

Evidence how the areas for action have been identified?

Tie in with the organisations priorities and business plan?

Identify areas which strengthen the organisations capacity to work towards disability equality? (this should include staff training, implementation of HR policies)

Prioritise polices and functions for impact assessment?

Using the information gathered – does the scheme:

State how the organisation will use the information gathered on a regular basis to review the action plan?

Indicate how the organisation will distribute the information internally, in training and across departments etc?

Indicate how the organisation will use the information gathered to prepare subsequent schemes?

Indicate how the organisation will use the information gathered to inform impact assessments?

Indicate how the organisation trains staff on why the evidence is needed and how it relates to the duty?

Indicate how the organisation provides feedback to disability groups on collection of evidence such as in the annual report?

Methods for assessing the impact of policies and practices or the likely impact of proposed policies and practices – does the scheme:

Include a statement about impact assessments?

Detail how impact assessments will be undertaken and mainstreamed into the organisations decision making processes?

Detail how impact assessments will cover both adverse impact and missed opportunity to promote equality?

Cover how existing policies and functions will be screened to see if they are relevant for a full assessment and how a priority rating will be assigned?

Include how evidence will be gathered including possible sources of evidence?

Include details of how disabled people will be included in the impact assessment process?

Detail how the organisation will action any adverse impact identified?

Include how the organisation will agree and implement the agreed policy, with any amendments including any monitoring etc?

Include how the outcomes will be published?

Publication of the Disability Equality Scheme – does the scheme:

Detail how the document will be published in a way that is accessible both internally and externally to the public?

Identify elements which can be published as part of another documents?

Detail how those involved in the scheme will be given the document so that involvement is ongoing?