NHS NW Equality Performance Improvement Toolkit (EPIT)
Publisher: NHS North West
Author: NHS NW Equality and Diversity Team
Published date: 31st Oct 2009
This is the manual for the first annual edition of the equality and diversity (E&D) Performance Improvement Toolkit, designed for use by NHS Organisations in North West (NW) England. The toolkit has been designed by NHS North West to help PCTs self assess and report their progress towards excellence in equality of outcomes for everyone, as well as the progress of their service providers. The self assessments are intended to show NW NHS organisations’ individual and collective progress on delivering real outcome benefits for all sections of the region’s diverse population. The intention is that they will be easily accessible online by all stakeholders, including the Department of Health, NHS NW, PCT boards, partnership boards, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), Care Quality Commission (CQC) as well as staff and patient groups.