NHS staff to receive equality training
By Martin Kornacki (03-07-2009)
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Equality and diversity training is being introduced for NHS staff in Scotland.
NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) is working with e-learning provider, Marshall ACM, to enable all of its 3,600 staff to learn about the six strands of equality and diversity: age, disability, gender, race, religion and sexual orientation.
Peter MacIntyre, NSS equality and diversity co-ordinator, said: “The training developed for us by Marshall ACM will help our staff understand more fully, the dimensions of equality and diversity, and forms part of personal development for staff through the Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF).
“The training also means that NSS complies with our legal requirements in terms of equality and diversity legislation. It is a big step forward in putting equality and diversity at the forefront of our everyday work practices”.
NSS is the first Scotland Health Board to introduce the training that is already in place in NHS Boards across England and Wales.
Marshall ACM developed the one-hour training courses as part of their e-learning service, which they deliver to over 140 organisations across the UK and Republic of Ireland.
NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) is working with e-learning provider, Marshall ACM, to enable all of its 3,600 staff to learn about the six strands of equality and diversity: age, disability, gender, race, religion and sexual orientation.
Peter MacIntyre, NSS equality and diversity co-ordinator, said: “The training developed for us by Marshall ACM will help our staff understand more fully, the dimensions of equality and diversity, and forms part of personal development for staff through the Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF).
“The training also means that NSS complies with our legal requirements in terms of equality and diversity legislation. It is a big step forward in putting equality and diversity at the forefront of our everyday work practices”.
NSS is the first Scotland Health Board to introduce the training that is already in place in NHS Boards across England and Wales.
Marshall ACM developed the one-hour training courses as part of their e-learning service, which they deliver to over 140 organisations across the UK and Republic of Ireland.
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