Comments on: Equality impact assessments: are they effective? http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2008/11/equality-impact-assessments-are-they.htm Liberal Democrat MP for Hornsey and Wood Green Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:02:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Colin Penning http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2008/11/equality-impact-assessments-are-they.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1429 Colin Penning Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:42:00 +0000 http://localhost/wp28/?p=1975#comment-1429 We should be concerned at any possibility of the need for Equality Impact assessments.<br/><br/>It is the organisations who just go though the motions where the real benefit could be felt as they need to give at least some thought to inequalities in their services, for example men's poor use of health services, when they would not otherwise.<br/><br/>We need to see more support for local bodies from government and more pressure on organisations from the EHRC. We should be concerned at any possibility of the need for Equality Impact assessments.

It is the organisations who just go though the motions where the real benefit could be felt as they need to give at least some thought to inequalities in their services, for example men’s poor use of health services, when they would not otherwise.

We need to see more support for local bodies from government and more pressure on organisations from the EHRC.

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