Welcome to HELP
The Health Equality Library Portal is NHS North West's central repository for up-to-date equality and diversity information. Its purpose is to:
- support the production of effective equality impact assessments of all strategies, policies, plans or activities
- support PCTs in achieving World Class Commissioning competency five: manage knowledge and assess needs
- identify knowledge and evidence gaps
- share best practice and policy material and prevent unnecessary duplication of effort
- support equality and diversity leads in their roles
Disclaimer
NHS NW takes no responsibility for the content or accessibility of external websites. The links to resources provided here are for information only, and discretion must be used when assessing and using the resources.
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Upcoming events
Latest HELP news
Narrowing the Gaps to increase the ethnic diversity of senior NHS management in the North West
NHS North West have created, in partnership with the Trades Union Congress 2009 Conference, a film that demonstrates how NHS North West is supporting the…
Introducing the EPIT Web Site
The EPIT web site provides a means for everyone to see the equality performance self-assessments of every NW trust and how everyone is progressing towards…
An Equal Partnership to tackle health inequalities in the North West
NHS North West launches "An Equal Partnership"; a how-to guide on real consultation with minority groups.
Pandemic Flu and Equality Target Groups
List of resources on communicating to equality target groups about Pandemic Flu.
External news
- NEP: An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK
- Update on Single Equality Bill
- BHA condemns Popes attack on equality
- EU Rules on Gender Equality and national law
- The Equality and Diversity Forum Newsletter & Website Survey
- Tender: Religion and belief in Higher Education
- Men's Health Week Registration
- All Party Parliamentary Group on Men’s Health briefing - Playing Safely
- Men's Health Week 2010 Registration
- Watering-down of protection for gay people 'shames' parliament
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Recently added library items
- The UK’s new Europeans - Progress and challenges five years after accession
25 January 2010 - Migrants Rights News
21 January 2010 - Building platforms for progressive policies
21 January 2010 - Handbook on Supplier Diversity in Europe
15 January 2010
Recently added links
- Moving Here - 200 Years of Migration in England
16 December 2009 - Domestic Violence London - A Resource for Health Professionals
13 December 2009 - Manchester Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre
13 December 2009 - Greater London Domestic Violence Project
13 December 2009 - Mental Health in Later Life Dementia Forum
23 October 2009