Peer Review - Communicating the Race Equality Agenda

The theme for the Peer Review was:

How successfully is Wandsworth PCT communicating its race equality agenda to its staff, partners and the communities it serves, and is this being translated into more effective service commissioning? Are the ‘messages sent’ the ‘messages received’, and are people aware of progress made on the ground?

The key questions the team considered were:

  • Is Wandsworth PCT’s clear commitment to race equality being effectively communicated throughout the organisation? To what extent is this commitment being reflected in its commissioning?
  • Are management and staff aware of the work being done by the PCT in this area, and any key successes and challenges?
  • More widely, how well is WPCT’s race equality commitment known and understood by:
The PCT Board and the PEC Board
The local Acute Trust
Other NHS management and staff
Service users and the wider community – particularly BME groups
  • Do these individuals or groups appear to have any difficulty with/resistance to the level of priority given to race equality, and its impact on commissioning? How do they personally believe they should be moving race equality forward, and how does this compare with the expectations of the PCT’s leadership?
  • What structures are in place to enable the PCT to communicate with these varied audiences? Are there any particular instances where this has worked very well, and less well?
  • Does this have any wider implications for Wandsworth PCT’s communications function?

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