Equalities Resources

There are different resources that you may find of interest, listed below. You can see them by clicking on the links (in red).

A Needs Analysis of the Minority Ethnic Communities Living in Tendring and Colchester (Tendring & Colchester Minority Ethnic Partnership, Aug 2005)

This needs analysis was commissioned by the Colchester and Tendring Primary Care Trusts and Colchester Borough Council.

Commission for Racial Equality:  Report of Formal Investigation into the Department of Health

The CRE has published a Report of Formal Investigation into the Department of Health in which they have focussed on three specific policy areas:

  • Mental Health Bill

  • Our Health, Our Care, Our Say

  • Independence, Well Being and Choice

    Commissioning Race Equality in Mental Health Care (The NHS Confederation, Oct 2006)

    This good practice briefing seeks to influence commissioners to consider race equality and person-centred care in all processes and decisions. It highlights how they can help by procuring high-quality, value for money, sensitive and responsive care services, and also through working partnerships with organisations that influence health and well-being.

    Community Development Worker (CDW) Implementation Toolkit (SEDC)

    This Implementation Toolkit has been produced to assist managers with the localised implementation of the CDW worker role as well as more specific guidance on the career development. Many of the ‘live’ examples within this Toolkit have been provided by colleagues across the Health & Social Care Community in the SE Region.

CSIP Eastern's Equality Impact Assessment Policy/Tool.  CSIP Eastern's EIA Report (Appendix II).  CSIP Eastern's EIA Letter (Appendix III) 

CSIP Eastern's EIA Report - Experts by Experience

CSIP Eastern's EIA Report - Health and Social Care in Criminal Justice 

CSIP Eastern's EIA Report - Mental Health Act

Delivering Race Equality (DRE) Dashboard

This is a tool which is designed to support the measurement of key priorities within race equality and mental health.

Eastern Region Census 2001 (EERA)

This census gives a breakdown of the population in the Eastern Region, including ethnicity.

Ethnic Coding in the Mental Health Minimum Data Set - Are we Delivering Race Equality?  Who knows? (Mental Health Observatory Briefs, Nov 2007)

This brief presents the ethnic coding data available for the two years 2004/05 and 2005/06 from the Mental Health Minimum Data Set. The aim is to show the extent of variability in ethnic coding around England, as an encouragement to trusts to improve data quality.

Focused Implementation Sites Report 2009 (Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Luton Mental Health Trusts)

This report provides an overview and summary of the Focused Implementation Sites (FIS) in the Eastern region.

How to Analyse Ethnic Differences in Health, Health Care, and the Workforce:  A Toolkit for the NHS (London Health Observatory)

The Toolkit has been written primarily for public health and information analysts in NHS trusts but may be of interest to a wider audience.

Informed Gender Practice: Mental health acute care that works for women (July 2008)

This best practice guidance is intended to support improvements in acute inpatient care for women.  It progresses implementation of the women's mental health strategy, complements generic health and mental health guidance and is part of a resource portfolio to assist poor performing trusts as per the Healthcare Commission acute inpatient mental health service review.