Race Equality Tools
- Asylum Seekers and Refugees Resource Pack for
healthcare professionals
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The Resource Pack is a loose-leaf folder which provides useful information on the health
and cultural needs of asylum seekers and refugees for frontline health care staff. It
provides background on the asylum process and guidance on access to appropriate health
care and other services.
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Please contact us for further information about the pack
or to obtain a copy.
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- Case Studies for Change
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The examples of good practice in this document act as illustrations for the sister document
Checking for Change (see below). The case studies are grouped
into sections which reflect the five key policy areas of the
Fair for All guidance. The aim of the exercise has been to
encourage and support NHS Boards and their partners to share and emulate good practice in
their employment processes and service provision
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- Checking for Change:
A building block approach
to race equality in health
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Checking for Change is a race equality audit framework which builds on the targets required of
Boards under race legislation and policy guidance. It concentrates on the "how to" and gives
examples of how progress can be made and what it might look and feel like. The intention of
the framework is to support area and special NHS Boards with making progress in terms of race
equality outcomes.
- Checking For Change
- Ethnic Monitoring Toolkit
(in partnership with Information Services Division)
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The Toolkit incorporates guidelines and training resources to support the planning and
implementation of patient ethnicity within NHS Scotland. It includes policy and legal
background plus guidance on project management and ethnicity classifications. A substantial
part of the Toolkit is a Communications Guidelines section which incorporates many suggestions
for communications approaches and some draft communications materials.
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- Patient Record of Personal Health
(a hand held record for Gypsy/Travellers)
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Gypsy/Travellers in Scotland have been asking for a portable health care record to improve
their access to health care, particularly when they are travelling. The handheld record has
been produced in the form of an A5 booklet contained within a yellow plastic envelope.
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