Publication - Impact assessment

NHSScotland secondment policy: equality impact assessment results

Published: 7 August 2025
From: Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, +1 more … Minister for Public Health and Women's Health
Directorate: Health Workforce Directorate, +2 more … Chief Nursing Officer Directorate, Population Health Directorate
Topic: Health and social care
ISBN: 9781836912927

National equality impact assessments (EQIA) were undertaken as part of the policy development process to refresh extant NHSScotland Partnership Information Network workforce policies. This report summarises key findings from the EQIA record prepared for the Secondment Policy.

Supporting documents

Equality Impact Assessment Results

Title of Policy

NHSScotland Secondment Policy

Summary of aims and desired outcomes of Policy

The aim of the policy is to provide a framework to manage secondment requests and provide a mechanism to support the development of employees.

This is a refresh of the previous Secondment Policy: NHSScotland PIN policy (November 2011)

Directorate

Health Workforce

Contact

Email: ofs.pm@gov.scot

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