Our workforce

We believe it is vitally important to employ a fully diverse workforce which is representative of the local population and its multi-cultural communities. This helps us to ensure we understand the needs and requirements of our patients and customers and have the best people in place to deliver the best possible care.

We monitor our workforce on an annual basis in relation to seven of the nine protected characteristics covered in the Equality Act 2010. These are:

• age
• disability
• gender reassignment
• marriage and civil partnership
• pregnancy and maternity
• race and ethnicity
• religion and belief
• sex
• sexual orientation.

We currently have good statistics in relation to age, gender and race and ethnicity but have limited data regarding our employee’s disability status, religion or sexual orientation. We don't have data regarding gender re-assignment or marriage and civil partnership as our current staff information system does not ask for this information. This information is voluntary and the vast majority of employees choose not to share it with us.