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Workforce Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Our five People Priorities enable us to effectively support and develop our people. One of which is our priority to be inclusive and to champion diversity.

Our collective progress is further embedded through our ‘Three strand approach’ to:  

1. De-bias our processes
2. Embed a culture of conscious inclusion
3. Take positive action

Our Approach 

NHS organisations have a national statutory requirement to: 

  • Publish their ‘Workforce Race Equality Standard’ (WRES) and ‘Workforce Disability Equality Standard’ (WDES) data and improvement plan (May & Oct)  
  • Deliver against the NHS EDI Improvement Plan – update (Oct) 
  • Publish Pay Gap reporting- (Jan) 
  • Adhere to the Public Sector Equality Duty, with publication of data and improvement plan (Jan) 

In order to progress with an aligned, and holistic approach, in 2024 Leeds Teaching Hospitals took the decision to develop a single EDI Metrics Report and Improvement plan, published early, in October.

View our EDI Metrics Report.
View our EDI Improvement Plan.

Our Plan

The co-produced plan focuses on the areas where we can collectively make the greatest impact, informed by metrics and experiences, that reflects both the opportunities for continued improvement and the need for focused and coordinated action.  

It also reflects national, regional, and local priorities, aligning with the NHS Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Improvement Plan and the West Yorkshire Health & Care Partnership Equity and Fairness Strategy.  

While these priorities outline our collective focus areas, every part of our workforce will be supported to align them with their own work and take ownership for driving related improvements in line with our EDI Plan.

However: 
We recognise that this plan must remain live and responsive, adapting to emerging data, feedback, and the wider context of change across our organisation. This includes important learning from recent CQC inspections, and independent reviews.  

All priorities and actions are approved by the Trust Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Strategic Group, which reports to the Trust Board via the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Workforce Committee. 

The plan supports the Trust’s requirement to meet its obligations under the Equality Act 2010, The Human Rights Act 1998 and the Health and Social Care Act 2012, whilst incorporating the mandatory requirements for the Equality Delivery System, Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) and the Accessible Information Standard (AIS). Our workforce information is measured and reported nationally each year through the Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES), Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES), the Gender, Ethnicity and Disability Pay Gap Reports, and the NHS Staff Survey, as well as monitored locally across the city of Leeds and wider Yorkshire Region.  

This year we have additionally published a Disability Pay Gap Report, despite this not being mandated, to ensure we understand our workforce data and can put in place the right actions to improve.

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