Written Question · S5W-12327 · Session 5
What action it is taking to improve the data regarding health inequalities in the context of (a) disability, (b) gender identity, (c) relig…
The question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve the data regarding health inequalities in the context of (a) disability, (b) gender identity, (c) religion and (d) sexual orientation.
The answer
The Scottish Government Equality Evidence Strategy, published on 18 July 2017, identifies evidence gaps across policy areas for all protected characteristics and sets out its general approach to filling these.
Over the four year period of the strategy, the Scottish Government will carry out further engagement with stakeholders to prioritise these gaps and define projects aimed at improving the equality evidence base.
Equality Evidence Strategy: http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/07/9574/1
NHS Scotland’s Information Services Division (ISD) has recently published its Equality Evidence Finder, which summarises information about the availability and use of equality data from key national administrative health datasets. A companion report, Measuring use of health services by equality group, sets out a number of steps that ISD aims to take forward in order to build upon the work presented in the report and through the Equality Evidence Finder.
ISD Equality Evidence Finder: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Equality-and-Diversity/Equality-Evidence-Finder/
Measuring use of health services by equality group: https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Equality-and-Diversity/Publications/2017-06-27/2017-06-27-Measuring-Use-of-Health-Services-by-Equality-Group-Report.pdf
Since 2012, the Scottish Government has included a core set of questions in each of the three major household surveys it conducts. This has been done specifically to allow responses to be combined across the surveys. This large sample enables the analysis of key health indicators with reference to sexual orientation, religious belief, and disability (as measured through the presence of long-term conditions and limiting long-term conditions). This data was used earlier this year to inform a report on sexual orientation in Scotland.
Scottish Survey Core Questions: www.gov.scot/SSCQ
Sexual Orientation in Scotland 2017: A Summary of the Evidence Base: http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/01/4911/0
Over the four year period of the strategy, the Scottish Government will carry out further engagement with stakeholders to prioritise these gaps and define projects aimed at improving the equality evidence base.
Equality Evidence Strategy: http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/07/9574/1
NHS Scotland’s Information Services Division (ISD) has recently published its Equality Evidence Finder, which summarises information about the availability and use of equality data from key national administrative health datasets. A companion report, Measuring use of health services by equality group, sets out a number of steps that ISD aims to take forward in order to build upon the work presented in the report and through the Equality Evidence Finder.
ISD Equality Evidence Finder: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Equality-and-Diversity/Equality-Evidence-Finder/
Measuring use of health services by equality group: https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Equality-and-Diversity/Publications/2017-06-27/2017-06-27-Measuring-Use-of-Health-Services-by-Equality-Group-Report.pdf
Since 2012, the Scottish Government has included a core set of questions in each of the three major household surveys it conducts. This has been done specifically to allow responses to be combined across the surveys. This large sample enables the analysis of key health indicators with reference to sexual orientation, religious belief, and disability (as measured through the presence of long-term conditions and limiting long-term conditions). This data was used earlier this year to inform a report on sexual orientation in Scotland.
Scottish Survey Core Questions: www.gov.scot/SSCQ
Sexual Orientation in Scotland 2017: A Summary of the Evidence Base: http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/01/4911/0
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S5W-12327 by reference.