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Equality and human rights: case study: Age Concern Stockport: the needs of older LGBT people and training aids for statutory sector workers
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Age Concern Stockport started to work with older LGBT people in their area in 2000, in response to reports of discrimination in service provision because of their sexuality and their age, Since then Age Concern Stockport has worked with the PCT, the local authority and Salford University to promote a better understanding of the needs of older LGBT people. This includes healthcare, social care, housing, transport and other services across the public sector. An older people’s LGTB group has written ‘Moving Forward’, a training and resource pack for public sector agencies, published by Salford University in October 2007.
Impact assessment of implementation dates and implementation recommendations for the Equality Bill
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 27p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Equality Bill, currently before Parliament, aims to ban age discrimination in the provision of services and exercise of public functions. A review led by Sir Ian Carruthers and Jan Ormondroyd, published in October 2009, considers what the new measures on age in the Equality Bill would mean for publicly funded health and social care in England, and makes a number of recommendations. This impact assessment focuses on the issues that the review addressed. The cost of the legislation will be implemented using only existing resources with, as far as possible, the new requirements being met through service redesign and innovation to free up resources. This impact assessment considers 3 options relating to the implementation of the Equality Bill. Option 1 considers an implementation date of 2012 for the ban in age discrimination in health and social care, which is in line with other sectors. Option 2 considers a later implementation data. Option 3 considers specific recommendations, made in the review, concerning how the ban should be implemented.
Age equality in health and social care: a consultation on preparing the NHS and social care in England for the age requirements in the Equality Bill that affect the provision of services and exercise of public functions
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This consultation paper sets out recommendations on non-legislative action that the Department of Health (DH), and the National Health Service (NHS) and social care more generally, should take to prepare for the introduction of the new Equality Bill. which introduces a new equality duty and a ban on age discrimination to the public sector. Comments on the proposals in this consultation paper, the impact assessment and equality impact assessment are invited to be submitted to DH by 15 February 2010.
Quality and choice for older people's housing: a strategic framework: summary
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Housing issues are at the heart of the Governments agenda with the publication of the Housing Green Paper in April 2000. A number of clear demographic and social trends are shaping the nature of demand for housing, support, health and care services for older people over the next decades: the number of older people aged over 60 is on the increase; the number of frail older people is on the increase; older people who are owner-occupiers are on the increase; over half the older population are women; older people from black and minority ethnic groups are rising a group often marginalised from mainstream policies; the expectations and aspirations of older people are likely to rise over time.
Quality and choice for older people's housing: a strategic framework; the story so far
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Housing issues are at the heart of the Governments agenda with the publication of the Housing Green Paper in April 2000. A number of clear demographic and social trends are shaping the nature of demand for housing, support, health and care services for older people over the next decades: the number of older people aged over 60 is on the increase; the number of frail older people is on the increase; older people who are owner-occupiers are on the increase; over half the older population are women; older people from black and minority ethnic groups are rising a group often marginalised from mainstream policies; the expectations and aspirations of older people are likely to rise over time.
User guide for age discrimination benchmarking tool
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 16p., disk
- Place of publication:
- London
This is the first version of a tool designed to help those responsible for commissioning or delivering services at a local level to compare patterns of treatment at different ages with those in other areas. The tool displays comparative information on treatment rates at different ages, and on the balance between treatment rates for different age groups. The aim is to assist local consideration of how far local practice achieves National Service Framework (NSF) for Older People standard one. The tool is intended to complement and not replace other local action on this standard.
National service framework for older people interim report on age discrimination, April 2002
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Audit of the problems that older people experience in accessing health and social care services. Standards proposed include the early intervention and programme of action to address issues of age discrimination. The national service framework for older people is a programme of action linking services to support independence and promote good health, specialised services for key conditions, and culture change so that all older people and their carers are always treated with respect, dignity and fairness.
National service framework for older people: executive summary
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A summary of the Age equality in health and social care report on the consultation
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is a summary report on the consultation that the Department of Health (DH) conducted from November 2009 to February 2010 on age equality in health and social care. This summary reproduces Annex A of the main report, which sets out the DH’s position on the proposals on which they consulted.
Age equality in health and social care: a report on the consultation
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 75p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is a report on the consultation that the Department of Health (DH) conducted from November 2009 to February 2010 on age equality in health and social care. This report provides a summary of responses to and the DH’s position on the proposals on which they consulted, under the headings: legislation; mainstreaming the requirements of the Bill into the DH’s own processes; how the DH can support health and social care to meet the requirements of the Bill; action by other bodies. In general, the responses were supportive of the proposals.