Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessment (EQIA) for Post-diagnostic support and care co-ordination dementia improvement programme: January 2026
Document Type
Corporate documents
Summary
For all new or revised work, Healthcare Improvement Scotland has a legal requirement under the Public Sector Equality Duty to actively consider the need to:
- foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not.
- eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and other conduct prohibited by the Equality Act 2010.
- advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not.
Programme aim
People accessing post-diagnostic support (PDS) will receive a high quality, person-led service that meets their individual needs.
Engagement with all teams across Scotland will enable us to further understand the service models currently in place and give a fuller understanding of national post-diagnostic support provision. By embedding the use of the PDS Quality Improvement Framework (QIF) for service self-evaluation and planning for improvement at each participating site, the programme aims to reduce unwarranted variation in the quality of PDS provision.