Accurate employee equality data enables us to make the right provisions for our staff. Monitoring diversity at all stages of the employee journey is an important means of growing and nurturing an inclusive workplace. It enables us to ensure our staff population is a direct representation of the patient population we serve.
We collect, analyse and publish employee equality data on our staff regularly, which helps us identify gaps and improvement opportunities. Understanding the demographics of our staff, we can better support everyone.
NHSGGC collect data on ethnicity, religion, age, marital status, disability, sex, sexual orientation and gender reassignment. These are all protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. As an organisation committed to equality of opportunity, it is important that we hold accurate data demonstrating our diverse staff group. We adhere to GDPR, confidentiality and data protection at all times.
We use employee information anonymously to generate data. This data helps us to ensure equality of opportunity in all areas of the employee journey. It enables us to develop policies and implement initiatives which ensure progress as an equal and inclusive employer.
All Personal Sensitive Information is held securely within eESS. Any updates or changes to this type of information is held in confidence, and will not be notified to your manager, HR or anyone else using the system.
We ask and encourage you to update and maintain your personal employee equality data on eESS you can do so by following Change Personal Information – NHS Scotland eESS. This enables us to continuously improve as an equal opportunities employer. It ensure the right resources, facilities and support are available for you.
If you would like to discuss employee data and how this can benefit you and the organisation, please contact ggc.staffexperience@nhs.scot