Hospital at Home Programme - virtual capacity: equality impact assessment
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.
The Scope of the EQIA
The expansion of virtual health services is being applied across Scotland. It has the potential to impact people who fall under one or more of the nine protected characteristics outlined by the Equality Act 2010. Three additional characteristics have been considered in light of the Fairer Scotland Duty 2018, The Promise Scotland and advice from pathway leads. The figure below details the twelve characteristics that have been considered as part of this EQIA:
- Age
- Unpaid Carers
- Disability
- Gender Reassignment
- Marriage or Civil Partnership
- Pregnancy and Maternity
- Race
- Religion or Belief
- Sex
- Sexual Orientation
- Socioeconomic Status
- Rural and Remote Communities
Contact
Email: UnscheduledCareTeam@gov.scot
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