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22/12/05 - 'Fair for All - Disability' website launched
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The initiative is part of the Scottish Executive Health Department's wider Patient Focus and Public Involvement agenda and the national Equality and Diversity approach known as Fair for All Wider Challenge.
The Fair For All - Disability team will work closely with all NHS
Health Boards, both geographical and Special Health Boards, to
enable staff at all levels to understand their duties under the
Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and 2005. The Fair For All -
Disability team will support policy makers, managers and
practitioners to improve access to services for disabled people by
providing guidance, information. practical support and a range of
information resources to support NHSScotland. To achieve this the
team will work with NHSScotland, Scottish Executive Health
Department, staff, disabled people, patients and service users.
For further information visit www.drc-gb.org/fair4all
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