We are currently working very closely with the NHS Leadership Academy in developing E&D and HR leads within the SHAs across England.
In the clip below Yvonne Coghill, National Lead, Breaking Through, gives an overview of the NHS landscape and the benefits to the NHS.
Simpson Millar will become the first UK law firm to achieve the Diversity in Business Accreditation (Excellence) from the EW Group.
Jane Farrell, Chief Executive of EW Group, will be co-facilitating a breakout session for the Discrimination Law Association Conference called “Impact of the Equality Act 2010 – good equality practice in the workplace” on October 17th. Book on-line via www.discriminationlaw.org.uk
Many of our clients are focussed at the moment on the challenges of maintaining quality services within much tighter resource constraints.
Equality Works is launching a new research project on bullying and harassment. We are very pleased to be working in partnership with The Law Society Scotland on this important project. Equality Works has a long history of working with organisations to improve performance and preventing bullying and harassment. We have also worked with The Society to produce guidance for solicitors on equality and diversity. This new project will study the impact of bullying and harassment across the legal profession, resulting in practical recommendations to inform The Society’
On 29 July the government announced its intention to abolish the default retirement age (DRA) as of October next year (2011).

Like any new piece of legislation the new Government's Health Care Agenda offers some interesting new propositions for those of us committed to creating a more equitable community.