'Equally Healthy' Event Report Now Available
by Anna Fowler (Forum Co-ordinator)
22 August 2011
A Joint Stronger Together/NHS event on 14th July 2011 provided an opportunity for local VCS groups to meet NHS organisations and discuss how the emerging Equality Delivery System (EDS) can be established in Berkshire.
At this well-attended conference, speakers and workshops explained how the EDS will be used in the ambulance service, mental health and community health services, commissioning bodies and hospitals to ensure:
•Patient care and access to services is improved
•A better understanding of treatment to improve the patient experience
•Staff feel safe, valued and treated equally
•Patients are treated with dignity and respect
•Leadership on equality
The Event Report records the VCS input into this process and provides suggestions and recommendations for the way forward.
To download the Event Report and for more information on the EDS, please visit
www.rvsforum.co.uk/events.aspx
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