A diverse and culturally aware workforce is better placed to understand and respond to the needs of everyone in our community. We want to ensure that equality and human rights are woven into the way we work and the way we treat our staff.
NHS Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group came into existence on the 1 April 2013 as an authorised, statutory body. The vast majority of staff were transferred over from Stockport Primary Care Trust with the additional of clinical directors from local GP Practices.
As at the 31st October 2013 NHS Stockport CCG employed 95 individuals, including salaried members of the Governing Body.
- 58.95% work full-time and 41.05% work part-time
- The CCG does not employ anyone under the age of 20; 7.37% of staff are in their 20s; 18.95% are in their 30s; 38.95% in their 40s; 30.53% in their 50s; and 4.21% of staff are in their 60s
- 75.79% of staff are female, compared to just 24.21% male employees
- 81.05% of staff were White British; 12.63% come from other ethnic groups (including minority white ethnicities) and 6.32% have not recorded their ethnicity
- 2.11% declared that they have a disability and 49.47% declared no disability; while 48.42% did not wish to declare
- 60% have now disclosed their religion; 44.21% are Christian; 8.42% are Atheist; 2.11% are Muslim; 1.05% are Buddhist; 1.05% are Hindu; and 3.16% follow an ‘other’ religion
- Only one member of staff was on maternity leave
- 62.11% of staff were married, 1.05% of staff were in a civil partnership, 5.26% were divorced; 2.11% legally separated; 1.05% widowed; and 26.32% of employees were single
- 53.68% of employees disclosed their sexual orientation, of which 94.12% were heterosexual and 5.88% were lesbian or gay; 46.32% have not disclosed their sexual orientation.
The workforce is fairly representative of the growing ethnic diversity in the local community, religious beliefs, sexual orientation and our aging population. Staff records data collection is particularly low on disability, religion and sexual orientation.
Our annual workforce report can be found by clicking on the following link – CCG Workforce Report October 2013
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