Protected Characteristics
- Age
- Disability
- Gender Reassignment
- Marriage & Civil Partnership
- Pregnancy & Maternity
- Race & Ethnicity
- Religion or Belief
- Sex & Gender
- Sexual Orientation
Marginalised Groups
For some groups of people, a combination of factors such as discrimination, prejudice, stigma and life circumstances, steadily increase their risk of poor health.
Some of these people are protected by equality laws. Many of them use health services where their additional needs can be met through Inequalities Sensitive Practice.
Some groups cross over into the protected characteristics listed above, such as Asylum Seekers & Refugees and Gypsy Travellers who are included in the NHSGGC Ant-Racism Plan.