equality and diversity monitoring as at 31-march-2012

Equality And Diversity Monitoringas at 31-March-2012

Report to the Board

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Summary

Source: WSNHS Trust Diversity Statistics (2012)

This report is designed to give an insight into the Trust’s Equality and Diversity profile As At 31 March 2012.

The report will cover 6 protected characteristics of equality: Age, Religion and Belief, Disability, Gender, Ethnicity and Sexual Orientation. (other comparators have been used to highlight trends i.e. pay and working patterns)

Page 4 - The Trust appears more diverse than the immediate local areas, and less diverse than the whole of England with the exception of the Asian minority group. However it should be noted that the locality data available is from mid 2009 and may not be a true reflection of the population today.Ethnic groups account for:

• Trust 10% of total workforce – page 5• Staff survey data 10% of respondents - page 6• St Edmundsbury7% of Total, EOE 10% of Total, England Population 13% of Total (data available 2009)– page 8

Page 6 - 2010 Staff Survey - The Trust improved it E&D training from 22% to 38%. In addition the trust is in the Top 20% of acute trusts for providing equal opportunities for career progression and not experiencing discrimination at work.

Page 7 - Whilst the White British group make up 88% of the staff overall, this is not necessarily reflected within staff groups e.g. – • Admin and Clerical has a greater proportion (98%) than overall• Medical & Dental has a lesser proportion (59%) than overall

Pages 9 – 11 Recruitment data – The number of appointments split between white groups and minority groups roughly reflects the Trusts ethnicity split (p5) and, the proportion of minority groups drops considerably throughout the recruitment process. However in 2012 the number of ethnic minority shortlisted applicants has increased by 5% and to date the Trust has not received any complaints of discrimination within the recruitment process either externally or internally.

Page 14- 80 % of the Trust's workforce is female, with the majority of these working in Nursing, Admin and Healthcare Support posts. Males have a very slight majority in the medical & dental roles. Although only 14% of admin & management staff are male, 37% of senior managers are male.(band 8 and above)

The Trusts Executive Directors are predominantly female, whilst the Non Executive Directors are predominantly Male

pages 19 – 20 The average age for the Trusts is 43, the average length of service (LOS) is almost 9 years• over half of the workforce of the workforce fall within the 36 – 55 age bracket. • Of the over fifties, over half are already over 55.• There are 154 employees over 60, none of these are over 70

2 - 23 Pay by gender – split roughly reflects the male/female ratio of the Trust with the exception of band 8c where the trend is reversed, with 70% male to 30% female. Pay by ethnicity – interestingly there appears to be no disclosed minority groups in Bands 4, 8b, 8c, 8d and 9.

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1. Race ( including national identity and ethnicity)

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Population - Ethnicity %

WSH St Edmundsbury Suffolk East England87%

89%

91%

93%

95%

97%

99%

Total Chinese or Other Ethnic Group

Total Black or Black British

Total Asian or Asian British

Total Mixed

Total White

The chart above compares the overall Ethnic profiles for the Trust, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk, East of England and England

The Trust consistently appears more diverse than the immediate local areas, however slightly less diverse than the whole of England with the exception of the Asian groups.

Source: ONS (2009)and WSNHS Trust Diversity Statistics (2012) 4

83.32%

0.95%

3.85% 0.17%

0.24%0.37%

0.24%

4.29%

0.30%0.20%2.09% 0.14% 0.51%0.14%0.51%

1.05%

A White - British

B White - Irish

C White - Any other White background

D Mixed - White & Black Caribbean

E Mixed - White & Black African

F Mixed - White & Asian

G Mixed - Any other mixed background

H Asian or Asian British - Indian

J Asian or Asian British - Pakistani

K Asian or Asian British - Bangladeshi

L Asian or Asian British - Any other Asian background

M Black or Black British - Caribbean

N Black or Black British - African

P Black or Black British - Any other Black background

R Chinese

S Any Other Ethnic Group

The chart shows the Ethnicity% breakdown for the Trust

• White groups make up 88% of the workforce

• Other Ethnic groups make up 10% of the workforce

• 2% have Not stated their ethnicity


Trust - Ethnicity %

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Staff Survey Monitoring

Of the 498 employees responding to the Staff Survey:

90% where from White groups and

10% where from Minority Groups, which is comparable to the original sample

87.15%

0.40% 3.01%0.20%

0.20%0.60%3.01% 0.20% 0.20%0.60% 0.60% 0.20%0.40%

0.20%

A White - British

B White - Irish










LK Asian Unspecified



R Chinese


Source: WSNHS Trust Diversity Statistics (2012) 6

Ethnicity Breakdown by Staff Group

Admin and Management has the largest proportion (98%)of White groups whilst Medical and Dental has the smallest (59%)proportion.


Admin & Management

AHP

AHP Assistant

Estates & Facilities

HCS

HCS Assistant

Medical & Dental

Nurses

Nursing Assistant

40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

A White - British

B White - Irish










M Black or Black British - Caribbean



R Chinese


Z Not Stated

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Breakdown – Ethnic Groups %

Source: ONS Local Authority Resident Population Estimates (Ethnicity 2009,); WSNHS Trust Diversity Statistics (2012)

7% 3%

6%

6%

15%

10%

4%5%

7%

9%2%

19%

7%

St Edmundsbury5%

2%5%

5%

44%

12%6%

6%

12%

2%11%

7%

East of England

5% 2%5%

4%

44%

15%6%

6%

9%

12%

2%7%

6%

England

2% 2%4%

2%

44%

3%2%

20%

5%

1%5%

10%

West Suffolk Hospital









M Black or Black British: Black Caribbean



R Chinese


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Recruitment, Applicants - Ethnicity

Clinical Support

HCS

A&C

AHP

Estates&Ancillary

M&D

N&M

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000

A White - British

B White - Irish










M Black/Black British - Caribbean



R Chinese


Z Not Stated

Source: NHS Jobs WSH Ethnicity statistics applicants (2012)

white groups minority groups Total%ge Minority

groups% White Groups

Applicants 4899 2857 7756 36.84% 63.16%

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Recruitment, Shortlisted - Ethnicity


white groups minority groups Total %ge Minority groups % White Groups

Shortlisted 1528 467 1995 23.41% 76.59%

Clinical Support

HCS

A&C

AHP

Estates&Ancillary

M&D

N&M

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500

A White - British

B White - Irish













R Chinese


Z Not Stated

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Recruitment, Appointed - Ethnicity

Clinical Support

HCS

A&C

AHP

Estates&Ancillary

M&D

N&M

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

A White - British

B White - Irish













R Chinese


Z Not Stated


white groups minority groups Total %ge Minority groups % White Groups

Appointed 299 35 334 10.48% 89.52%

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2. Gender (sex - male or female)

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Gender by Population Area

England East of England Suffolk St Edmundsbury WSH Staff Survey

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

49% 49% 49% 50%

19%15%

51% 51% 51% 50%

81%

85%

The chart shows that England and the locality has roughly a 50:50 split of male: female, however the Trust has a significantly higher proportion of females, this has remained constant over a number of years.

The proportion of employees participating in the staff survey reflects that of the Trust

Source: WSNHS Trust Diversity Statistics (2012)13

Gender Equality Monitoring

Although nationally the gender distribution is roughly

50:50 the Trust consistently maintains a 80:20 division

(female majority) However the Medical & Dental staff

group mirrors the national 50:50 division

Working patterns

Female working patterns roughly a 50:50 equal

division between full time and part time, the majority

of males work full time


Female

Male

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

1187

504

1200

69

Gender by Working Pattern

Full Time Part Time

Admin&Management

AHP Assistants

Estates & Facilities

HCS Assistants

Medical&Dental

Nursing Assistants

Qualified - AHP

Qualified - HCS

Qualified - N&M

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Gender by Staff Group

Female Male

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3. Disability Religion and belief Sexual Orientation

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Disability Monitoring

2%

98%

Trust

Disabled Not disabled

3%

97%

St Edmundsbury


3%

97%

East of England


4%

96%

England


Sources: ONS Local Authority Resident Population Estimates (Disability 2007); WSNHS Trust Diversity Statistics (2012)

Limited benchmarking data is available on the number of

people who “believe they have a disability”

Locality information* is based on “people claiming incapacity

benefit or severe disablement allowance”

Trust information is based on employees who have declared

they have a disability and roughly reflects locality data

* Note definition of disability for Local Authority statistics = "people

claiming incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance"

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Religion & Belief, Sexual orientation

There is no benchmarking data for these characteristics, however as part of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) the Trust has an

obligation to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation


43.40%

41.74%

8.11%

0.41% 1.45%1.08%0.07% 3.65% 0.10%Religion and Belief

Christianity

Undefined

Atheism

Buddhism

Hinduism

Islam

Judaism

Other

Sikhism

57.01%35.06%

6.75%0.44% 0.44% 0.30%

Sexual Orientation

Heterosexual Undefined I do not wish to disclose Bisexual

Gay Lesbian

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4.Age

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16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-65 66-70

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

Female

Male

Total

Age Profile

•44% of employees are over 45•28% of employees are over 50 •14% of employees are over 55•52% of the over 50’s are over 55

•Workforce breakdown•Female 82%•Male

18%

•Average Age

•Female – 43.25

•Male - 43.45

•Trust -43.29

•Average Length of Service

•Female – 8.96

•Male - 8.25

•Trust -8.83


Add Prof Scientific and ...

Additional Clinical Serv...

Administrative and Cler...

Allied Health Professio...

Estates and Ancillary

Healthcare Scientists

Medical and Dental

Nursing and Midw

ifery ...

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

35.0%

40.0% Suffolk WSH EOE Average

Over 55 Profile

Source: I-view Workforce data 2012;WSNHS Trust Diversity Statistics (2012)

• 14% of our total workforce is over 55, of these 11% are Female• At current levels this number could increase to 27% over the next 5 years, assuming the 50+ employees stay and the 66+

employees retire.

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5. Pay equality

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Pay by gender – split reflects the male/female ratio of the Trust with the exception of band 8c where the trend is reversed, 70% male to 30% female

Pay by Gender

Band 1

Band 2

Band 3

Band 4

Band 5

Band 6

Band 7

Band 8a

Band 8b

Band 8c

Band 8d

Band 9

1.00 Female 1.00 Male


Band 1

Band 2

Band 3

Band 4

Band 5

Band 6

Band 7

Band 8a

Band 8b

Band 8c

Band 8d

Band 9

128.00

530.00

249.00

260.00

508.00

408.00

239.00

56.00

21.00

11.00

1.00

1.00

9.00

24.00

8.00

93.00

26.00

10.00

4.00

Series1 White Groups

The chart on the left shows the split between white groups and Minority groups, the chart on the right shows the breakdown of minority groups only. There are no disclosed minority groups in Band 4, Band 8b-d and Band 9

Pay by Ethnicity


Band 1

Band 2

Band 3

Band 4

Band 5

Band 6

Band 7

Band 8a

Series1 D Mixed - White & Black CaribbeanE Mixed - White & Black African F Mixed - White & AsianG Mixed - Any other mixed background H Asian or Asian British - IndianJ Asian or Asian British - Pakistani K Asian or Asian British - BangladeshiL Asian or Asian British - Any other Asian background M Black or Black British - CaribbeanN Black or Black British - African P Black or Black British - Any other Black backgroundR Chinese S Any Other Ethnic Group

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6. Performance Management

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As part of the Trusts processes for equality monitoring the Workforce and Communications Directorate record all formal investigations for Disciplinary, Capability and Grievance matters. The factors being monitored are Age, Ethnicity, Gender and Disability to identify any trends that indicate discrimination. Sickness Absence is monitored separately. In 2011/2012 the department conducted a total of 30 formal investigations:-

16 Disciplinary Cases* 10 Capability Cases 3 Grievance Cases 1 Bullying and Harassment Case Our analysis shows that 5 of the 30 cases listed above 26 involved White British Staff and 4 were ethnic minorities. None of the cases above concerned an employee with a disability..Disciplinary Cases 16 The proportion of disciplinary cases between male and female staff is 12 female cases to 4 male cases. The ratio of male to female cases remains in line with the organisations’ gender profile. Capability Cases 10 Out of the 10 capability cases, all involved female staff and 1 of those was from an ethnic minority group. However, 6 out 10 are in the 50yr to 60yr age group. Grievance Cases 3 Two cases have been resolved and one is still under investigation with a final report being submitted to the Chief Executive by 30th June 2012. Bullying and Harassment Case 1 Case resolved. *Two of the these cases have been reported to the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Performance Management Monitoring


equality and diversity monitoring as at 31-march-2012

Documents

staff groups

total workforce page

englandthe trust

trusts workforce

proportion of minority

respondents page

trusts equality

patterns page