Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES)

Transcript:Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES):
Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES) Report 2021 – 2022 - Redacted Prepared by: Arden and GEM CSU EIHR Team Date: April 2023 Name and Title of Board Lead: Theresa Nelson, Chief People Officer Contents Introduction The Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES) is a set of ten specific measures (metrics) which enables NHS organisations to compare the workplace and career experiences of staff with disability and staff without disability. NHS organisations use the metrics data to develop and publish an action plan with year-on-year comparisons to demonstrate progress against the indicators of disability equality. As part of our continuing improvement approach and commitment to developing good practice the ICB voluntarily completed WDES data using the NHSE submission template. The information presented in this report is directly related to the old organisation, the Coventry and Warwickshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), covering 2021-2022 period. The data used is a snapshot of 31st March 2022. However, The new organisation, the Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board, came into being on the 1st July 2022 and will take forward the related actions. The report has the following key roles: To enable organisations to compare their performance with others in their region and those providing similar services, aiming to encourage improvement by learning and sharing good practice To provide a national picture of WDES in practice, to colleagues, organisations and the public on the developments in the workforce disability equality agenda Note on data: Headcounts below 5, and any associated headcounts which could be used to calculate headcounts below 5, have been redacted. The Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES) Metrics Declaration Rate (data quality) The NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board disability declaration rate is 3.06% on ESR. The NHS anonymous Staff Survey shows 18.9% % declaration a disability. In Coventry and Warwickshire 17.30% of people declared a disability. The gap between staff representation and population representation is -15.84%. Summary of WDES NHS People Promise Metric 1 and 10 Narrative What is the data telling us? Agenda for Change Bands: There is significant under representation at all pay bands. On average 3.5% of nonclinical staff have declared a disability. However, there is no representation at band 8c and above. For clinical staff, on average 2.3% have declared a disability. Figures remain lower at all levels. Note on data: Headcounts below 5, and any associated headcounts which could be used to calculate headcounts below 5, have