Completed EIAs

On this page you will find equality impact assessments carried out for Trust policies and procedures.

• Corporate assurance
• Health and safety 
• Human resources
• Information governance
• Media
• Medical/clinical 
• Operational
• Working with patients and the public

Corporate assurance

• Anti-bribery policy (TP074)27-07-11(PDF 88KB)
• Claims handling policy and procedure (TP013) 10-09-10
• Management of external agency visits, inspections and accreditations (TP039) 09-09-10 (PDF, 682KB)
• Risk management policy and strategy (TP005) - 03-06-10 (PDF, 86KB)
• Risk reporting assessment procedure (TP035) 03-02-2011 (PDF, 541KB)

Health and safety 

• Control of substances hazardous to health procedure (HS010)  10-03-11 (PDF 94KB)
• First aid at work procedure (HS013) 10-03-11 (PDF 94KB)
• Health, Safety and Risk Management Training and Provision of Health and Safety Information (HS002) 17-06-10 (PDF, 1108KB)
• Incident Reporting Procedure (HS011) 17-11-10 (PDF. 92KB)
• Manual handling policy (HS005) 27-05-10 (PDF, 1MB)
• Personal protective equipment procedure (HS007) 10-03-11 (PDF 98KB)
• Provision and use of work equipment procedure (HS008) 10-03-11 (PDF 98KB)
• Slips, trips and falls (HS021) 25-03-10 (92KB)
• Stress Management Policy (HS018) 27-05-10 (717KB)
• Violence prevention policy (HS012) 27-05-10 (1.1MB)
• Work place inspection procedure (HS006) 25-05-10 (1.5MB)

Human resources

• Adoption leave policy (HR020) 21-06-10 (PDF,693KB)
• Age Discrimination Policy (HR008) 26-10-10 (PDF, 75KB)
• Agency staff booking procedure (HR010) 26-10-10 (PDF, 76KB)
• Alcohol, Drugs and Solvent Misuse Policy (HR015) 26-10-10 (PDF, 96KB)
• Ante-natal care policy and procedure (HR016) 24-06-10 (PDF, 89KB)
• Applying for flexible work arrangements (HR024) 26-10-10 (PDF, 79KB)
• Bullying and harassment (HR026) 26-10-10 (PDF, 97 KB)
• Disciplinary policy (HR021) 26-10-2010 (PDF, 201KB)
• Employment history and reference checks (HR006) 26-10-10 (PDF, 86KB) 
• Equality and inclusion strategy (PDF, 32KB)
• Fertility treatment policy (HR023) 26-10-210 (PDF, 96KB) 
• Flexible Working Hours (HR012) 26-10-10 (PDF, 93KB)
• Grievance Policy (HR014) 26-10-10 (PDF, 96KB)
• Induction policy (HR011)  02-03-2012 (PDF, 147KB)
• Managing attendance policy (HR022)  23-09-10 (PDF, 100KB)
• Management policy statement and procedure: employees’ duty to request permission to undertake second jobs (HR001) 25-10-10 (PDF, 109KB) 
• Management policy statement on staff responsibilities regarding communication (HR025) 26-10-10 (PDF, 173KB)
• Maternity leave and pay policy (HR017) 24-06-10 (PDF, 95KB)
• Parental Leave Policy(HR018) 21-06-10 (PDF, 717KB)
• Parental Leave and Pay Policy (HR019) 21-06-10 (PDF, 717KB)
• Protected learning time and study leave policy (PDF, 137KB)
• Policy for the Supervision of Clinical Staff in Training (TP053) 08-10-10 (PDF, 72KB)
• Recruitment and Selection Policy and Procedure (HR005) 23-09-10 (PDF, 90KB)
• Registration of professional clinical staff (HR027) 25-06-10 (PDF, 794KB)
• Secure storage, handling, use, retention and disposal of Criminal Records Bureau disclosures and disclosure information (HR002) 26-10-10 (PDF, 84KB)
• Short term special leave policy  (PDF, 126KB)
• Staff engagement strategy 02-09-10 (PDF, 47.5KB)
• Student paramedic assessment policy 15-09-11 (PDF, 46KB)
• Transgender Policy (HR007) 26-10-10 (PDF, 100KB)  

Information governance

• Development and management of procedural documents (TP001) 27-09-10 (PDF, 690KB)
• Electronic InformationProcedure (TP047) 19-01-11 (PDF, 99KB)
• Information Governance Policy (TP062) 27-07-10 (PDF, 93KB)
• Laptop Security policy (TP043) 19-01-11 (PDF, 95KB)  
• Policy for the Access to health records (TP009) 21-09-10 (PDF, 584KB)
• Policy for the Acceptable Use of IT and Communications Systems (TP060) 06-12-2010 (PDF, 98KB)
• Procedure for health records used, generated and stored by the LAS (TP017) 06-12-2010 (PDF, 107 KB)
• Records management policy (TP029) 21-09-10 (PDF, 576KB)
• Safe Haven Policy and Procedure (TP061) 27-07-10 (PDF, 89KB)

Media 

• Ambulance Observers Procedure (TP014) 30-07-10 (PDF,112KB)

Medical/clinical 

• Consent to examination and treatment (OP31) 14-04-10 (PDF,116KB),
• Identifying and acting upon national clinical guidance (OP037) 01-05-10 (PDF, 86KB)
• Infection Prevention and Control Policy (TP027) 17-06-2010 (PDF,102KB)
• Internal Outbreak Policy (TP058) 17-06-10 (PDF, 112KB)
• Ordering, storage, use and destruction of controlled drugs within the LAS (OP030) 31-03-10 (PDF, 119KB)
• Pediatric care policy (OP036) 01-06-10 (PDF,124KB)
• Policy for the use of BASICS (London) Doctors (TP045) 17-12-10 (PDF, 98KB)
• Pre-Hospital blood taking policy (Op043) 30-11-10 (PDF, 95KB)
• Procedure covering the issue and use of drugs by LAS staff (OP002) 02-03-10 (PDF, 121KB)
• Resuscitation policy (OP039) 27-05-10 (PDF, 97KB)
• Stroke care policy (OP059)15-09-2010 (PDF, 98KB)
• Strategy, process and application of clinical audit in the LAS(TP 071) 10-09-10
• Waste Management Policy (TP057) 11-01-11 (PDF, 91KB)

Operational

• Abandoned calls and subscriber checks.(CSOP09) 07-09-10 (PDF 133KB)
• Conduct on the road (TP 065) 2012-01-31 (PDF 88KB)
• Control services demand management plan 28-09-10 (PDF, 333KB) 
• Core training policy (TP056) 01-06-10 (PDF, 84 KB)
• Emergency Care Practitioner policy (OP038) – 30-06-10 (PDF, 76KB)
• Exchange in the event of equipment failure (OP026) 08-12-10 (PDF, 94KB)
• First Responder Policy (OP046) - 22-03-10 (PDF 1369KB)
• Fuel card procedure (TP 011) 2012-01-31 (PDF 83.5KB)
• Memorandum of understanding between Metropolitan Police Service and London Ambulance Service seizure of ambulances and other assets(PDF, 158KB)
• Obstetric care policy (OP035) 29-06-10 (PDF, 122KB)
• Paper operations within control services (PDF 293KB)
• Policy and procedure for advising staff where deviation from guidelines is considered (OP040) 03-06-10 (PDF, 124KB)
• Paramedic Practice Assessment Policy (PDF, 140KB)
• Procedure for responding to railway incidents (OP009) 21-03-12 (PDF,187KB)
• Policy for the acceptable use of IT and communications systems (TP060) 27-07-10 (PDF, 98KB)
• Procedure for checking driving licences (TP 063) 2012-01-31 (84.6KB)
• Procedure for managing penalty charge notices and notices of intended prosecution (PCNs and NIPs) (TP 064) 2012-01-31 (PDF 83.9KB)
• Procedure for patient Specific Plans (OP028) 17-12-10 (PDF, 136KB)
• Policy for road traffic collision reporting, investigation and adjudication (TP 067) (PDF 83.7KB)
• Policy statement of duties to patients 15-09-11 (PDF, 46KB)
• Single crewing policy (OP034) 2011-01-17 (PDF, 2659KB)
• Statutory Checks (TP068) 2012-01-31 (PDF 80KB)
• Uniform workwear policy (OP001) 25-11-10 (PDF, 113KB)
• Vehicle equipment use and inventory checks (OP026) 08-12-10 (PDF, 129KB)
• Vehicle hire procedure (TP 069) 2012-01-31 (PDF 80.3KB)
• Vehicle transfer procedure (TP010) 2012-01-31 (PDF 90KB)

Working with patients and the public

• Being open policy (TP034) 09-09-10 (PDF, 740KB)
• Complaints and Feedback Procedure (TP004) 19-05-10 (PDF, 1968KB)
• Habitual or vexatious complaints or enquirers procedure (TP016) 17-05-10 (PDF, 1646KB)
• Investigation of incidents, complaints and claims policy (TP054) - 03-06-10 (PDF, 79KB)
• Learning from untoward incidents, PALS, claims and complaints policy (TP055) 03-06-10 (PDF, 85KB)
• Managing the conveyance of patients (OP014) 13-04-10 (PDF, 120KB)
• Management of frequent and vexatious users (OP042) 26-05-10 (PDF, 3128KB)
• Policy statement of duties to patients 15-09-11 (PDF, 46KB)
• Privacy impact assessment policy and procedure (TP059) 07-05-10 (PDF, 95 KB)
• Responding to enquiries, giving evidence at coroners inquests and other court hearings, and statements at police interviews (TP015) 30-07-10 (PDF, 167KB) 
• Safeguarding children procedure (TP018) 17-05-10 (PDF, 187KB)
• Serious untoward incidents policy (TP006) 17-05-10 (PDF, 1074KB)
• Suspected abuse of vulnerable adults procedure (TP019) 09-09-10 (PDF,576KB)