Equality Impact Assessment

Lead officer(s)

Erik Sutherland

Date relevance assessment conducted

19 Mar 2024

Which groups of people do you think will be, or potentially could be, impacted (positively or negatively) upon by the implementation of this policy?

People with disabilities : Yes

People from black and minority ethnic communities and different racial backgrounds : No

Women and men (boys and girls) : No

Older people : Yes

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people : No

People from different religions or beliefs and people with no belief : No

Women who are pregnant or on maternity leave : No

People who are married or in a civil partnership : No

Children and young people : No

Do you have evidence or reason to believe that this policy/function/review will, or may potentially impact on Children's Rights 4?

N/A

Do you have evidence or reason to believe that this policy/function/review will, or may potentially impact on Human Rights 8?

N/A

Do you have evidence or reason to believe that this policy/function/review will, or may potentially:

Eliminate discrimination faced by particular groups : low

Impact upon the promotion of equality of opportunity between particular groups : low

Impact upon good relations between particular groups : low

Does it have overall relevance to equality? low

Impact on communities, including communities of interest: low

Reduce inequalities of outcome caused by socio-economic disadvantage:

Equality impact assessment required?

No

Rationale for decision

This assessment for relevance relates to long-term sustainability measures in relation to home care review at the point of community occupational therapy intervention, a review of Option 2 self-directed support, raising awareness and application of technology enabled care, multi-disciplinary working across services and the service-wide implementation of reablement. Long-term sustainability measures refer to cost-reduction and efficiencies of £0.956M. Measures are being taken as management action and to align service activity and available budget. The assessment is not intended to influence individual decisions around changes to service provision. The assessment relates to management action to mitigate increased cost and demand in Locality Health and Care services. A public-facing consultation was undertaken by East Ayrshire Council and budget savings were discussed at an IJB workshop. The service will continue to support carers in collaboration with the Carers Centre, continue to support the workforce in strengths-based practice, harness the potential of technology-enabled care in improving support, focus on early intervention and prevention and commitment to co-design and co-production with delivery partners.