Equality and Diversity and Human Rights - Level 1 course for Dental Practice

This e-learning session meets the statutory and mandatory training requirements and learning outcomes for Equality, Diversity and Human Rights Level 1 in the UK Core Skills Training Framework (UK CSTF).

Learning Objectives

• Explain what we mean by equality, diversity and human rights and why they are important
• Explain how policies and the law can help us create a more inclusive workplace
• Explain what we mean by ‘health inequalities’ and how they can be reduced
• Explain why we need to know about people’s different backgrounds and why it is important not to make assumptions about individuals
• Describe what you can do to challenge prejudice and discrimination

Promoting equality and diversity is at the heart of the NHS. As someone who works within health and social care, you can help ensure that we exercise fairness in all that we do to deliver high-quality and consistent care and services to all. This will lead to improvements in health outcomes across the country.