Trust underlines its commitment to equality

CUH has underlined its commitment to equality by signing up to a national charter designed to promote inclusion within the workplace.

 

Chief nurse Karen Castille officially signed the "commitment to face equality" pledge on behalf of the Trust on Thursday 14 April. Run by the Changing Faces charity, the scheme is designed to promote inclusion within the workplace and comes in response to national research which showed people with disfigurements are not always treated equally.

 

By signing up, CUH has pledged to create a culture of respect towards those with disfigurements while also raising awareness of the impact which having a disfigurement can have on the individual.

 

 

CUH is only the second NHS organisation to sign up to the scheme, and will benefit by receiving guidelines covering recruitment and customer services as well as an information pack to help raise awareness among colleagues.

 

The Changing Faces charity campaigns to end discrimination against people with disfigurements by breaking down barriers, helping individuals and providing health professionals with information on supporting patients who are disfigured.

 

The charity, which recently worked with Channel 4 on the "Katie: My beautiful friends" documentary, has previously commended CUH's cleft palate multidisciplinary team as a best practice healthcare team.

 

For more information about the charity, visit the Changing Faces website:

> Changing Faces

 

 

 

 

 

 

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