What is the NHS Equality Delivery System?
EDS helps NHS organisations improve services for local communities and provide better working environments, free of discrimination.
In 2022, NHS England launched a new Equality Delivery System 2022 framework following a review of the existing EDS2 toolkit. EDS 2022 is designed for both NHS commissioners and NHS providers and places a heavier focus on partnership working between ICS system partners.
As part of a transitional year during 2022/23, the ICB and system partners (University Hospitals of Leicester UHL and Leicestershire Partnership Trust LPT) have placed a strong focus on planning three services to evaluate in 2023/24 as part of EDS Domain one’s ‘Commissioned or Provided Services’. All three organisations have also been collecting evidence for Domain 2 (Workforce Health and Well-being) and Domain 3 (Inclusive Leadership) for evaluation.
The ICB, UHL & LPT remain committed to using the EDS framework to support consistent assessment of our performance against EDS domains and promote involvement of our diverse communities.
EDS gradings 2024
EDS2 gradings 2016
- EDS2 grading 2016
(Please refer to Trust Board meeting May 2016, Paper V, in the appendix on page 273)