Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been named within the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers List 2018.
The organisation held its first Valuing Diversity Conference in June this year to raise awareness of the importance of recognising and celebrating diversity. The event included Bollywood dancing lessons, a discussion from Tez Ilyas (comedian) challenging stereotypes and generalisations, a presentation from the Head of Diversity and Inclusion at NHS England and some very inspirational, personal stories were shared too.
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals also had a presence at Preston Pride this year, with the aim of signalling its commitment to being inclusive to its workforce but also bringing the local community together to celebrate and support inclusion and equality. This was the perfect chance for staff to speak with people in the community to gather views about the services and how to work together in the future.
Furthermore, the Pride flag was raised across both Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley District Hospital sites in support of the
celebrations.
Mandy Davis, Blended Learning Manager and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead (Workforce) at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, said: “Being named within the top 50 inclusive employers signals the work that we are trying to do to further enhance our equality, diversity and inclusion offer to our workforce. I am excited that the work we have already undertaken signals our progression and look forward to seeing what position we achieve.”
“We are totally committed to developing an inclusive working environment, in addition to developing and delivering services that respond to people’s individual needs. We want to ensure that our hospitals truly celebrate diversity and champion inclusion at every level.”
Karen Swindley, Workforce and Education Director at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, said: “We are so pleased to have been named within the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers list this year. Being named within this list is testament to the work that our teams have been doing to enhance our equality, diversity and inclusion offer and we are committed to continuing to improve this offer more and more.”
The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers are keeping the official rankings secret at the moment, with each organisation’s position being officially revealed at The Inclusive Companies Awards