EDI Focused Staff Roles, Salaries & Trainings

Reference: 23-24324

Date response sent: 24/11/2023

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Broken down annually, from 2019 to present how many training sessions related to ‘Diversity Equity and Inclusion’ have employees of your organisation been invited to complete?

2022-23: 878 staff sessions offered as part of staff’s mandatory EDI Training via e-learning complete. As this was self-paced e-learning it cannot be considered as led by either internal or external staff.

2021-22: 745 staff sessions offered as part of staff’s mandatory EDI Training via e-learning complete. As this was self-paced e-learning it cannot be considered as led by either internal or external staff.

2020-21: 765 staff sessions offered as part of staff’s mandatory EDI Training via e-learning complete. As this was self-paced e-learning it cannot be considered as led by either internal or external staff.

2019-20: 756 staff sessions offered as part of staff’s mandatory EDI Training via e-learning complete. As this was self-paced e-learning it cannot be considered as led by either internal or external staff.

If possible, please detail how many of these training sessions were mandatory for employees to attend, and how many were voluntary. If possible, please also detail how many of these training sessions were led by internal staff, and how many by external providers.

The mandatory self-paced e-learning modules were provided by NHS England (NHSE). These cannot be considered as led by either internal or external staff, but the course content was externally provided, by NHSE.

Please share with me the titles of the five most recent DEI-based training sessions provided to your organisation’s employees.

Equality Impact Assessment Training

EDI Training via e-learning

How many staff members whose role is predominantly focussed on DEI does your organisation employ? For example, employees with titles such as ‘diversity manager’, ‘head of inclusion’, or ‘head of culture’. Please also inform me how many such roles your organisation held at year end (or whenever you measured them) in 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019.
1. Associate Director of EDI – Band 8B
  1. in post at year end: – 1 in 2022/23, 1 in 2021/22, 0 in 2020/21, 0 in 2019/20
2. EDI Manager – Band 6
  1. In post at year end: – 1 in 2022/23, 0 in 2021/22, 0 in 2020/21, 0 in 2019/20
3. EDI Team Administrator – Band 4:
  1. In post at year end: – 0 in 2022, 0 in 2021, 0 in 2020, 0 in 2019

Please inform me how many internal grievances have been raised by employees of your organisation from 2019 to present, broken down by year.

2019 – 4 grievances

2020 – 5 grievances

2021 – 1 grievance

2022 – 7 grievances

2023 – 7 grievances

Please inform me how many internally raised grievances have resulted in disciplinary procedures being instigated from 2019 to present, broken down by year.

None of the grievances raised 2019 through 2023 have resulted in disciplinary procedures being instigated.

Please inform me how many of your employees have received sanctions following disciplinary procedures that arose as a result of internally raised grievances from 2019 to present, broken down by year. If possible, please detail how many instances of each outcome were enacted (EG number of written warnings, number of dismissals etc); please also break this information down by calendar year.

Not applicable as no grievances resulted in disciplinary procedures being instigated 2019 through 2023.

If possible, please inform me what your organisation’s total expenditure (or budget, if expenditure is too time-consuming/difficult to calculate) has been for external ‘DEI’ training sessions from 2019 to present, broken down by year.

EDI training from an external supplier forms part of the Trust’s suite of mandatory e-learning for all NHS staff.

EDI Training via e-learning this takes individual trainees between 30-45 minutes to complete

This training is provided free of charge to NHS Trusts by NHS England as part of our suite of mandatory training for all staff.

If possible, please inform me what your organisation’s current salary budget or expenditure (whichever is more convenient) is for staff members whose roles are predominantly focussed around DEI. Please also provide this information for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, broken down by calendar or financial year, whichever is more convenient.

The bands for these staff are shown above in Q2, we cannot give out salary information. The Trust considers that salary information you have requested for the DEI roles, whether individual or combined is exempt under Section 40(2) of the FOIA, Personal information. This exemption covers personal information about third parties and where complying with the request would contravene the UK General Protection Regulation or the Data Protection Act 2018. Section 40 is an absolute exemption that does not require the authority to carry out the public interest test.

The Trust recognises that employees have a rightful expectation that details of their employment are treated confidentially by their employer.

We can however confirm the range of salaries for their particular band, as these are shown on the NHS Agenda for Change pay scales, which can be accessed here –Pay scales for 2023/24 | NHS Employers

If possible, please tell me how many staff your organisation currently employs. Please also tell me how many staff your organisation employed (at whichever point in the years you have measurements to hand for – EG year-end) in 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019.

This information is publicly available, and can be reached on-line via the following link: : https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics