Equality Reporting

Equality and Inclusion | Equality Reporting | Patient Equality and Inclusion | Staff Equality and Inclusion

As a Trust we have legal and contractual obligations to publish updates on our equality work through an annual cycle of reports and where applicable action plans.

The most recent reports for the following can be viewed below, with links to the previous two reports for each available in the archive section. Reports for previous years not published here can be accessed by emailing ruth.besford@nhs.net.

  • Public Sector Equality Duty Annual Report
  • Gender Pay Gap Report
  • NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard, including Medical and Bank Workforce Race Equality Standards from 2023
  • WRES: A Model Employer Report
  • Workforce Disability Equality Standard
  • Equality Delivery System.

Bridgewater Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Strategy 2024 – 2027

This is an enabling Strategy for the Trust’s Communities Matter Strategy, which details all Trust strategic objectives including for health equity, staff, and equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Public Sector Equality Duty Annual Report

Please find below our Public Sector Equality Duty Annual Report for 2024. Previous years reports can be found in the Archive section at the end of this page.

Gender Pay Gap Report

Please find below our Gender Pay Gap Report for 31st March 2023. Previous years reports can be found in the Archive section at the end of this page.

NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard

Please find below our Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) Report for 2023 along with our 2023- 24 action plan. Previous reports can be viewed in the archive section at the end of this page.

WRES: A Model Employer

Please find below our targets and action plan to improve representation of Black, Asian, and minority ethnic staff across pay bands and staff groups, and to reduce or eliminate the disparity ratio between white staff and minority ethnic staff progression through the pay bands.

NHS Workforce Disability Equality Standard

Please find below our Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES) Report for 2023 and WDES Action Plan 2023-24. Previous years reports can be found in the Archive section at the end of this page.

Equality Delivery System (EDS)

Please find below our Equality Delivery System (EDS) 2023 Report and Action Plan. Previous years reports can be found in the Archive section at the end of this page.

Previous reports archive