NHS Scotland Pride badge
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The NHS Scotland Pride badge promotes inclusion for LGBTQ+ people and makes a statement that there’s no place for discrimination or harassment of any kind in NHS Scotland.
As an NHS staff member who wears the badge, you are pledging to:
- be aware of and responsive to issues faced by LGBTQ+ people accessing care
- be a friendly, listening ally who colleagues and service users can safely approach
- use inclusive language and respect identity
NHS Scotland Pride badge (video)
3 steps to make the pledge and receive your badge
- Read the Pride Badge Toolkit (pdf) - all you need to know about wearing the NHS Scotland Pride Badge. It also gives you some useful tips about managing things like social media responses and signposting people to national organisations.
- Download the Pride Badge Pledge form (pdf).
- Complete and return your Pledge - please your send your completed form as an attachment with subject Pride Badge to:
- email hirs.mailbox@nhs.scot for Highland HSCP colleagues
- email nhsh.abhealthimprovement@nhs.scot for Argyll and Bute HSCP colleagues
Remember to tell us the NHS department where you work so we can send out your badge in internal mail.
Further information
Some people may be having a particularly tough time and may disclose to you that they have experienced or witnessed harassment or hate crime on the grounds of their sexual preference, gender identity or other characteristic such as their ethnicity, faith or disability. It’s important that you signpost to the support in place for people to report this type of crime and that it can be reported easily. More information is available from Police Scotland.
You may be approached by colleagues who disclose they are experiencing discrimination and would like support to deal with it. Let them know about the different ways they can speak up. They can speak to:
- their manager
- the Employee Assistance Programme
- the Guardian Service
- their trade union rep if they are a member
- the People Services team
More information is available on NHS Scotland Workforce Policies.