This is the story of a King's Fund project and of the attempts of Haringey health authority to improve the services it offers to its multi-racial community. Haringey approached the challenge by appointing an ethnic minorities development officer whose job it was to help develop an equal opportunities policy. The ...
This paper looks at the role of health authority equal opportunities committees and the part they can play in facilitating the implementation of an equal opportunities policy. It details the circumstances in which equal opportunities committees can be useful, and makes recommendations to improve their effectiveness.
The Task Force was established in 1986 to help health authorities to implement equal opportunities policies for all racial groups in the health service. This 'model' policy has been created from a number of policies sent to the Task Force by health authorities, using those sections which seem most suitable ...