Public sector equality duty (PSED)

The public sector equality duty (PSED), which came into force on 6 April 2011, places additional specific duties on public authorities including NHS trusts.

Two such duties are a requirement on public authorities to:

1. publish sufficient information to demonstrate compliance with the general equality duty by 31 January 2012 and thereafter annually
2. prepare and publish one or more equality objectives by 6 April 2012 and no more than four years thereafter

The published information is to include:

• information on the effect that policies and practices have had on employees, service users and others from the protected groups
• evidence of the analysis undertaken to establish whether their policies and practices will (or have) furthered the three equality aims in the general equality duty
• details of information used in that analysis
• details of engagement with people with an interest in the aims of the duty

Our publications

The trust publishes reports on an annual basis in our documents section.

Public sector equality duty

Read our public sector equality duty (PSED) reports.

Equality and diversity monitoring

Read our equality and diversity monitoring reports.

Equality delivery system

Read our equality delivery system reports.

Page last reviewed: June 23, 2025
Next review due: June 23, 2026