Impact assessment

What this EQHRIA has found

It's anticipated that the Health and Wellbeing Hub will have a positive impact on the following protected characteristics: 

• Disability - by reducing barriers to accessing social, educational and recreational activities by creating an accessible space, which includes step-free access and accessible toilet facilities. Global definitions and perspectives on mental health will also be considered to enable the tackling of stigma and shame.
• Religion and belief - by programming groups around prayer times and making private space for prayer available at the venue upon request.
• Pregnancy and maternity - through partnerships with health care professionals and providing a maternal wellbeing group.
• Sex - by providing women’s only spaces.

What happens next

As no negative impacts were identified during the EQHRIA process, no further action is required. 

Several feedback channels will continue to be monitored for any equalities considerations and the EQHRIA will be updated where necessary.

More information

For more information on this Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessment (EQHRIA), email EQHRIA@renfrewshire.gov.uk 

This Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessment (EQHRIA) relates to the Health and Wellbeing Hub. 

This will be the base for a tailored, culturally sensitive, responsive and trauma informed programme developed to support the overall wellbeing and resettlement of refugees in Renfrewshire.

The programme will include a range of opportunities through structured groups based on feedback from co-creation groups and identification of current gaps in meeting the needs of those who have resettled in Renfrewshire.

We'll deliver sustainable activities and events - including rolling, block and one-off - based on the needs of all service users. These will include: 

• maternal wellbeing groups
• peer support groups
• 1 to 1 befriending
• volunteer opportunities
• physical health activities
• human-rights and access based workshops
• art workshops.

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 

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.