Hospital at Home Programme - virtual capacity: equality impact assessment

Executive summary

This document has been prepared by the Scottish Government’s Unscheduled Care Team. It provides a Results Summary of the Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) for Scotland’s Hospital at Home Programme. As part of this assessment we considered the impact of the policy against the nine protected characteristics outlined in the Equality Act 2010 as well as three additional characteristics namely; unpaid carers, socioeconomic status and rural and remote communities.

Where any negative impacts have been identified, we have sought to mitigate and eliminate these where possible. We are aware that the equality duty is not just about negating or mitigating negative impacts. We also have a positive responsibility in line with the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) to:

• eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation
• advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not
• foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do