What this EQHRIA is assessing
This Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessment (EQHRIA) was carried out to advise if the temporary post to provide non-clinical wellbeing support to Renfrewshire residents with Long-Term Conditions (LTCs) and their carers should be made permanent.
Renfrewshire’s temporary LTC service supports any resident with a serious physical health condition that cannot be readily resolved, and that is having a significant negative impact on their non-clinical wellbeing.
This includes Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), arthritis, diabetes, chronic asthma, heart disease, kidney and liver diseases, and the long-term impacts of cancer treatment.
What this EQHRIA has found
The impact assessment has highlighted the difference this service makes to those who may struggle to get support services due to their age, disability, or socio-economic group.
A decision on making this service permanent must consider the potential negative equality impacts if the service was to stop.
What happens next
Should the service be stopped, we'll consider how people with long term health conditions are able to find information about available support services.
We'll also consider how easy it is to navigate these services.
Renfrewshire Council and Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership will review ongoing annual service user surveys to determine whether there is a change in satisfaction levels. This will include access to relevant information and advice, and the time taken for service users between identifying a non-clinical issue and benefiting from a relevant support service.
More information
For more information on this Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessment (EQHRIA), email EQHRIA@renfrewshire.gov.uk