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Latest publications relevant to our equality requirements.

The Specific Duties for Scotland regulations require NHS Highland to publish a range of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) information.

See also Equality Impact Assessments and Equality Reports at Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership.

Equality Impact Assessments

The completion of Equality Impact Assessments (EQIAs or EIAs) is a legal requirement for all Scottish public bodies, including NHS Boards. An EQIA provides a systematic way of considering how a policy, practice, procedure or function might affect people differently.

The EQIA allows us to identify potential negative impacts on different groups in society. We can use it to adapt the way we work to prevent discrimination; it also allows us to record and demonstrate these actions.

In particular, EQIAs look at the impact on groups of people who share any of the protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010 and the Fairer Scotland Duty.

Whenever we develop new plans or propose changes to our service provision, we must consider how they might affect people differently - including patients, staff, service users, volunteers and other stakeholders.

Equality Outcomes Reports

The Equality Outcomes set out what NHS Highland will do to improve the life chances and experiences of people who use our services or work for us.

NHS Highland has a legal duty under the terms of the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012, to produce and publish an Equality Outcomes Report every four years setting out how NHS Highland are going to improve the outcomes of those who hold protected characteristics of equality, as defined by the Equality Act 2010.

See an alternative online version of NHS Highland - Equality Outcomes 2025-2029.

Mainstreaming Equality Reports

NHS Highland is required to publish a report every two years about the progress we are making to integrate equality into our work. This includes the progress made to achieve our equality outcomes.

See an alternative online version of NHS Highland - Mainstreaming Equalities - Outcome Report 2021-2025.

Equal Pay Statement and Pay Gap Report

NHS Highland is committed to the principles of equality of opportunity in employment and believes that staff should receive equal pay for the same or broadly similar work, or work rated as equivalent and for work of equal value, regardless of age, disability, ethnicity or race, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, political beliefs, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations require NHS Highland to taking the following steps:

  • publish gender pay gap information every two years
  • publish a statement on equal pay every 4 years

Workforce Monitoring Reports

The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 require that the Workforce Report must include details of:

  • the number of staff and their relevant protected characteristics
  • information on the recruitment, development and retention of employees, in terms of their protected characteristics
  • details of the progress the public body has made to gather and use the above information to enable it to better perform the equality duty

Staff have the legal right not to disclose information about their protected characteristics, if they so choose. Any information staff supply is on a purely voluntary basis and as a result, the completeness of our information varies.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Last updated: 5 June 2025

Next review date: 25 May 2026

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