Equalities

Angus Health and Social Care Partnership is committed to promoting fairness and respect by delivering services and support.

There are several pieces of legislation which help public bodies, including Angus Integration Joint Board (IJB), protect people’s rights whilst developing and delivering services.

These include:

  • The Equality Act 2010 – Every public body in Scotland, including Integration Joint Boards (IJBs) must comply with the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) as set out in the Equality Act 2010. Angus IJB must have ‘due regard’ to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations. In addition, the Scottish Government introduced a set of Scottish Specific Duties, which require IJB’s to:
    • Publish a regular Equalities Mainstreaming report, set of equalities outcomes and equality outcomes progress report in an accessible manner.
    • Review its’ policies and practices in relation to the PSED using an Equality Impact Assessment tool and publish the assessments in an accessible manner.
  • Fairer Scotland Duty (set out in Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010) – The Fairer Scotland Duty requires Integration Joint Boards to actively consider how they can reduce inequalities caused by socio-economic disadvantage when making strategic decisions.
  • Consumer Scotland Act 2020. When making decisions of a strategic nature, relevant public authorities must have regard to: a) the impact of those decisions on consumers in Scotland, and b) the desirability of reducing harm to consumers in Scotland
  • The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 – A Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment (CRWIA) is a tool to help inform and meet the reporting duties of public authorities and consider any impact that a policy/decision will have on children and young people up to the age of 18.
  • Armed Forces Covenant Duty- (The Armed Forces Act 2021) – Is a legal obligation on certain public bodies to pay due regard to the Covenant principles when exercising certain functions.
  • Human Rights Act 1998 – This legislation sets out everyone’s fundamental rights and freedoms. The Partnership’s human rights-based approach ensures people’s rights are at the centre of policy and strategic decisions.

Equality Outcomes

Our current Equality Outcomes (2022-2025) are:

  1. We will make all services accessible to meet the needs of people with a protected characteristic(s) to allow them to be as independent as possible.
  1. People with Protected Characteristic(s) and equality groups are able to make informed choices so they can have control over their own life.
  1. People with Protected Characteristic(s) will be involved in their own care to allow them access to services that meet their physical, cultural, religious and equality needs.
  1. Angus Health and Social Care Partnership will promote an equality driven culture within the organisation.

Equalities Mainstreaming

Combined Impact Assessments

The Combined Impact Assessment incorporates: 

  • Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) 
  • Fairer Scotland Duty Assessment (FSDA) 
  • Consumer Duty Assessment (CDA)  
  • Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment (CRWIA) 

Listed below are the assessments that have been completed by the Angus Health and Social Care Partnership for Angus Integration Joint Board (AIJB). If you require an assessment in an alternative format, please contact us.

To read the full IJB papers relating to each assessment on the Angus Council Website please click here.

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

  • Equality Impact Assessment (Published May 2019)

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