How wider inequalities in society impact
on health outcomes – a Wakefield
perspective
Rachel Payling – Health Improvement Principal
Wakefield Council
Background
• 11 years working with HMP & YOI New Hall and HMP
Wakefield to improve health outcomes
• Experience of working around Substance Use and
Alcohol
• Lead for Domestic Abuse from a health perspective
• Lead for Sexual Health and HIV and LGB and T issues
• Lead for providing the health input in to the Multi Agency
Public Protection Arrangements – establishing
appropriate health services for Schedule 1 offenders
• Lead for community engagement, cohesion, equalities,
VCSE support, volunteering and Prevent
The Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED)
• All local public sector organisations have to comply with the Public
Sector Equality Duty (PSED) set out in the Equality Act 2010, which
came into force in April 2011 and it is our responsibility to support and
embed the knowledge, learning and experience of how this can be
best achieved
• Replaces the previous, separate equality duties and has been
extended to cover the nine characteristics set out in the Equality Act
2010: age; disability; gender reassignment; marriage and civil
partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race; religion or belief; sex;
sexual orientation
Why are we here today?
Public sector organisations must have due regard to each
in the exercise of their functions to:
• Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment,
victimisation and other conduct prohibited by the Equality
Act 2010
• Advance equality of opportunity between people who
share a protected characteristic and those who do not
• Foster good relations between people who share a
protected characteristic and those who do not
Health and Wellbeing Strategy: Priorities
www.wakefield.gov.uk/hwb
How are we working with our communities to tackle
inequalities?
• Embedding equalities in to the Area Working Model, the
four key strands being: empowering communities,
stronger partnerships, moving resources to early
intervention and learning and intelligence
• Working closely with our VCSE colleagues through NOVA
Wakefield District and the Wakefield Assembly
• Embedding the learning from Troubled Families
• Supporting the Equalities, Cohesion and Hate Crime
agenda to inform our commissioning
Q & A session and sharing of knowledge,
experiences and skills