Good Practice introduced
Introduction
Good Practice is a BIG subject covering all aspects of an organisation – from public face to recruitment, selection and retention of staff. It covers provision of services, team and individual practice, and is reflected in the environment in which people work and access health care.
A lot of excellent work has been done in recent years, and this section contains a range of publications and good practice guides.
Good LGBT Practice in the NHS, produced by Fair for All – LGBT in 2005, provides a broad introduction to Good LGBT Practice.
Improving Policy and Practice for LGBT Peoplewas produced on behalf of the Scottish Executive in 2005 as a Policy and Practice guide for Local Authorities in Scotland
The Equal Impact Assessment toolkitprovides a framework by which to assess the impact of policy and service provision on the equality strands (and cross-cutting issues).
Business case folder
This section contains the Business case and NHS Scotland, which outlines the main drivers for equality and diversity in NHS Scotland.
The Department for Trade and Industry’s Business case for diversity and equality(2003)and the European UnionsManaging diversity - what's in it for business(2004)are included providing a wider perspective on the business case.
Employment folder
ACAS
Tackling discrimination and promoting equality - good practice guide for employers2005
The ACAS Model Workplace 2005
Sexual Orientation and the workplace 2005
Rights at work - equality and discrimination2004
The European Union
What employers can do2004
The Gay and Lesbian Association of Doctors and Dentists (GLADD)
Dignity at Work for Lesbian and Gay Doctors and Dentists, Medical and Dental Students2004
Stonewall
Sexual Orientation Employer Handbook - Third Edition2007
Preventing the bullying and harassment of gay employees2007
Good LGBT practice schemes
Includes flyers for Stonewalls Diversity Champions scheme and LGBT Youth Scotland’s LGBT Youth Charter of Rights
StonewallsWorkplace Equality Index is included listing the top 100 LGB employers in Britain for 2007
Guidance for LGBT employees
Dealing with Discrimination guidelines for BMA members2004
Employee Regulations Guide Stonewall
Setting up networks for LGB employees2005
And employment bargaining guidance from UNISON;
Bargaining for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Workers Rights2005
Bargaining for Transgender Workers Rights2007
Monitoring guidance folder
Contains generic employer guidance on monitoring sexual orientation from StonewallHow to monitor sexual orientation in the workplace and specific monitoring guidancefor the NHS, again from Stonewallin Monitoring sexual orientation in the Health Sector
The Trades Union Congress provide guidance on LGB and T staff in Monitoring LGBT Workerswhile detailed guidance on monitoring transgender people in the NHS is provided by Press for Change in Trans Equality Monitoring
Policy and practice statement samples folder
In the summer of 2007, the LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, Fair for All – LGBT and the Scottish Transgender Alliance worked alongside colleagues from NHS Lothian to develop an LGBT Policy context statement and basic guide to Practice.
The draft versions are provided:
NHS Board Policy context sample
NHS Board Practice guidance sample
Practice guidance folder
Contains a wide range of practice guides…
Therapeutic guidanceintroduced highlights two affirming therapy models; for work with lesbian, gay and bisexual clients from the American Psychological Association, and for work with transgender clients from Arlene Istar Lev’s Transgender Emergence.A number of further resources are also highlighted, all of which can be sourced on
Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual specific
Doctoring gay men
SIGMA Research 2004
Intro to working with LGB people
Department of Health 2007
Issues facing older LGB people
Age Concern 2002
LGB identity and MH work with families
PACE 2006
LGB parents and children - for NHS Employees
Fair for All - LGBT 2005
Maternity care for lesbian mothers(position paper)
Royal College of Midwives 2002
Not Just a Friend
Royal College of Nursing and UNISON 2003
Nursing care of Lesbian & Gay patients
Royal College of Nursing 2003
Transgender specific
Evaluating care for trans people
Press for Change 2005
Not so much a care path
Press for Change 2006
Older trans care
Age Concern 2007
Trans bereavement
Department of Health 2007
Trans young people
Department of Health 2007
Working with trans people
Department of Health 2007
WPATH Standards of Care for Gender Identity Disorders
World Professional Association for Transgender Health (previously Harry Benjamin IGDA) 2001
Research folder
Getting it Right - LGBT Research Guidelines
Fair for All – LGBT (formerly NHS Health Inclusion Project) 2005
The Future of LGBT Research - Perspectives of Community Organisations
Scottish Executive 2003
Taking stock folder
Equalities in Practice
Communities Scotland 2006
A Stocktake of Local Authority Policy and Practice
Scottish Executive Social Research 2006
LGBT Stocktake of NHS Scotland
INCLUSION Project (now Fair For All – LGBT) 2003
Addressing LGBT health inequalities an educational resource 20071