{"id":55,"date":"2025-10-22T14:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2025-10-22T14:17:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T13:17:31","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/","title":{"rendered":"Equality and Human Rights Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull eplus-AvphMU is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-NRMEg9 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading eplus-KSlM3N colourtext\"><strong>Resources to help you in your work<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-RjBiUF\">The Equality and Human Rights Team leads NHS Lothian\u2019s work to embed equality and human rights into everything we do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-RjBiUF\">We:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns eplus-o7sgyv is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-SH86qu plaintext is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Provide advice and assurance about compliance with our legal equality and human rights duties.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Measure and report on the progress we\u2019re making on equality and human rights.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support NHS Lothian staff and teams to achieve the priorities set out in <a href=\"https:\/\/org.nhslothian.scot\/equality-human-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NHS Lothian Equality and Human Rights Strategy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lead and coordinate programmes of work to achieve greater equality and uphold human rights.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide equality evidence, information, and resources.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide access to a wide range of equality and human rights education. Please see our 2025-2026 Education Calendar <a href=\"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/education-calendar\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/equality-and-human-rights-education-calendar-2025-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Equality and Human Rights Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These pages are a collection of videos, links and information about equality and human rights. They include stories about people\u2019s experiences of discrimination and inequality, information about law and policy, and examples of best practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can use all this information for your own learning and to start discussions about equality and human rights in your teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The information on these pages should help you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Understand and meet people\u2019s <strong>different needs<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create <strong>safe and inclusive places<\/strong> for people who work with us and use our services.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increase the <strong>diversity<\/strong> of NHS Lothian staff, so we better represent the communities we serve.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull nomargins_nopadding margintopminus is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column plaintext is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/discrimination\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"376\">People\u2019s experiences of discrimination<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-V2rMQI\">Discrimination is when someone is treated worse than another person. Discriminating against someone because of something to do with their background or identity can be unlawful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/discrimination\/\">Discrimination<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column plaintext is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Equality and human rights law and policy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-V2rMQI\">The content for this section is still under development and will appear on this website as soon as it is available. Thanks for your patience while we work to get this finished.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column plaintext is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best practice equality and human rights resources<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-V2rMQI\">The content for this section is still under development and will appear on this website as soon as it is available. Thanks for your patience while we work to get this finished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/best-practice\/\">Best Practice<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/equality-and-human-rights-education-calendar-2025-2026\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/equality-and-human-rights-education-calendar-2025-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learning about Equality and Human Rights<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-62242436\">\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Priority 6 of the NHS Lothian Equality and Human Rights Strategy 2023-2028 recognises that we reap the benefits of equality and human rights education and training. To this end, monthly core and bespoke education sessions are carried out by the Equality and Human Rights Team. See Calendar <a href=\"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/equality-and-human-rights-education-calendar-2025-2026\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/equality-and-human-rights-education-calendar-2025-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a>. Please email us at: loth.equalityandhumanrights@nhs.scot if you have any bespoke training requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resources to help you in your work The Equality and Human Rights Team leads NHS Lothian&rsquo;s work to embed equality and human rights into everything we do. 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