Reasonable Adjustment Digital Flag programme
June 7, 2024
This learning session aims to introduce the Reasonable Adjustment Digital Flag and how this can be used to address some of the significant health inequalities experienced by people living with a disability or impairment.
By law (the Equality Act 2010) all people who have a disability or impairment are entitled to reasonable adjustments. Without these adjustments, people with disabilities may have equal access to care and services, but without specific adjustments being made, that access might not be equitable or fair.
Reasonable adjustments are the responsibility of everyone in the health and social care sector and this session will help you understand that these adjustments are not just the right thing to do, but may be the difference between someone receiving essential care or not. It will explain how the Reasonable Adjustment Digital Flag can help you and your organisation meet your obligations under the Equality Act and how you could make a real difference to the estimated 28% of the population in England that this affects.
This is separate to the Oliver McGowan mandatory training.
The aims of this elearning are:
- to improve understanding of the ethical needs and legal requirements of anticipating and implementing person centred reasonable adjustments for all those people who have a disability or significant impairment
- to lead to all staff identifying, recording, flagging, sharing and meeting people’s reasonable adjustment needs, so that this becomes business as usual
- to explain how the Reasonable Adjustment Digital Flag can help you make a real difference to the lives of disabled people
The anticipated length of the session is 30 to 60 minutes.
The Reasonable Adjustment Digital Flag programme is available to NHS healthcare staff via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). Accessing this e-learning via ESR means that your completions will transfer with you throughout your NHS career.