Legal and social policy issues

Disability Discrimination Act & Disability

Disability Discrimination Act at the Government's disability site: www.disability.gov.uk/dda/

Information about the DDA.

Disability Discrimination Act: www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1995/1995050.htm

Link to Her Majesty's Stationary Office: The DDA legislation document.

SENDA: www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts2001/20010010.htm

Link to Her Majesty's Stationary Office: The Special Educational Needs Disability Act legislation document - supplementary legislation strengthening the DDA.

Disability Rights Commission: www.drc.org.uk

Deals with a wide range of legal issues around the areas of disability. The site has several links that should prove useful in finding out about the Disability Discrimination Act, Disability Rights Commission, policies and programmes, and links for information and advice.

Disability at the UK Government's web site: www.disability.gov.uk

Deals with a wide range of legal issues around the areas of disability. The site has several links that should prove useful in finding out about the Disability Discrimination Act, Disability Rights Commission, policies and programmes and links for information and advice.

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Policy and guidelines related to disability in health services

The Vital Connection: www.doh.gov.uk/nhsequality/nhsequalitiesframework.htm

Shows how all NHS organisations can and must place the values of equality, fair treatment and social inclusion firmly at the centre of their policies and practices in relation to the workforce. Has links to a number of strategic documents.

Mental Health and Employment in the NHS: www.doh.gov.uk/healthyworkplaces/

This guidance provides advice to NHS employers on the retention and future employment of people who have experienced or are experiencing mental health problems. Site includes PDF documents for downloading.

NHS Disability Information Site: www.doh.gov.uk/nhsequality/dissite.htm

A set of links relating to disability and the NHS.

Positively Diverse: www.doh.gov.uk/positivelydiverse/

An integral part of the NHS' drive to ensure that all staff are valued, whatever their gender, sexuality, age, disability or ethnic background contact details are given here:
Address:
NHS Executive
Room 1N34
Quarry House
Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7UE
Tel: 0113 254 6269
Email: positively_diverse@yahoo.co.uk

Looking Beyond Labels: Widening the employment opportunities for disabled people in the new NHS: www.doh.gov.uk/nhsequality/lookingbeyondlabels/index.html

"... develop and sustain good equal opportunities practices, which will enable disabled people to gain NHS jobs and to retain their active mainstream employment ...".

Improving working lives: www.doh.gov.uk/iwl/links.htm

NHS Equalities website: www.doh.gov.uk/nhsequality.htm

Nursing and Midwifery Council: www.nmc-uk.org/nmc/main/about/policyOnValuingDiversity.html

"One of the NMC's key operating principles is that our organisational values will guide all decision making and activities. As part of the strategy to implement this principle and to help the NMC, its members and staff, to 'live' those values, the organisation has developed a policy on valuing diversity as an employer and through the services we provide. ..."

A copy of the NMC's diversity report can be down loaded from the following link as a Word document www.nmc-uk.org/nmc/main/about/ValuingDiversityHRReport2003.doc

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Disabled Students Allowance and Higher Education Links

Financial Help for Health Care Students: Online from http://www.doh.gov.uk/hcsmain.htm

This document outlines the financial help for health care students including information about the NHS' Disabled Student's Allowance.

National Disability Team (NDT): http://www.natdisteam.ac.uk

The NDT is contracted by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and the Department for Employment and Learning for Northern Ireland (DELNI) to undertake the service of a national team to improve provision for disabled students in higher education.

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Discussion group & newsletter

HCP-Disability

An email discussion group, has been set up, for those interested in the provision of access to health care education, and the professions, for people with disability.

To Join the group go to www.jiscmail.ac.uk /lists/HCP-DISABILITY.html.

Disabling Practice? Enabling Nurses Disability Network Newsletter

Email newsletter aims to act both as a contact point for nurses with an interest in disability and provide topical and relevant information about disability.
Contact the editor: Rachel Spain rae.spain@btinternet.com.
Copies of Disabling Practice? Enabling Nurses are available from this site as PDF. Use this link to go to the page.

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