Equality Statement

Equality Statement

Bacon Lane Surgery is committed to promoting equality and diversity in all its activities to promote inclusive processes, practices and culture.

• We will strive to work to eliminate any unlawful or unfair discrimination including direct or indirect discrimination, discrimination by association, discrimination linked to a perceived characteristic, harassment and victimisation.
• We will remain proactive in taking steps to ensure inclusion and engagement for all the people who work for and with us.
• We will continue to strive towards a culture that is diverse and inclusive that recognises and develops the potential of all staff and service users.

This includes promoting equality and diversity for all irrespective of:

• age *
• disability *
• ethnicity (including race, colour and nationality) *
• gender *
• gender reassignment *
• religion or belief *
• sexual orientation *
• marriage and civil partnership *
• pregnancy and maternity *
• refugees and asylum seekers,
• people with diverse communication needs
• ex-offenders.

All staff undergo Equality and Diversity training annually and we review our policy and procedures annually

*Under the Equality Act (2010) these are known as “protected characteristics”.