Brooke on Nostr: https://thecritic.co.uk/leading-for-some/ The NHS Confederation is “the membership ...
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The NHS Confederation is “the membership organisation that brings together, supports and speaks for the whole healthcare system in England, Wales and Northern Ireland”. It is a charity for “the relief of sickness and the preservation and protection of public health”. Its annual income of over £17M is derived overwhelmingly from the public purse in the form of grants, contracts and membership subscriptions. It is bound by the public sector equality duty imposed by s.149 of the Equality Act 2010, so along with its ordinary duties as an employer it must have “due regard” to the need to eliminate discrimination on grounds of all nine protected characteristics. It must “foster good relations” between different groups.
This guidance encourages NHS employers to break the law
Last week, the Confederation in collaboration with the LGBT Foundation published a guide called, “Leading for all: supporting trans and non-binary healthcare staff”.
The guidance is legally flawed in numerous ways. It provides a vivid illustration of the kind of confusion about sex and the law which the amendment to the Equality Act proposed by Sex Matters and the subject of this afternoon’s Westminster Hall debate aims to clear up.
The NHS Confederation is “the membership organisation that brings together, supports and speaks for the whole healthcare system in England, Wales and Northern Ireland”. It is a charity for “the relief of sickness and the preservation and protection of public health”. Its annual income of over £17M is derived overwhelmingly from the public purse in the form of grants, contracts and membership subscriptions. It is bound by the public sector equality duty imposed by s.149 of the Equality Act 2010, so along with its ordinary duties as an employer it must have “due regard” to the need to eliminate discrimination on grounds of all nine protected characteristics. It must “foster good relations” between different groups.
This guidance encourages NHS employers to break the law
Last week, the Confederation in collaboration with the LGBT Foundation published a guide called, “Leading for all: supporting trans and non-binary healthcare staff”.
The guidance is legally flawed in numerous ways. It provides a vivid illustration of the kind of confusion about sex and the law which the amendment to the Equality Act proposed by Sex Matters and the subject of this afternoon’s Westminster Hall debate aims to clear up.