Workforce Disability Equality Standard 2021-2022

The WDES focuses on the experiences of KMPT disability staff in the workplace compared to non-disabled staff. There are specific measures within each of the indicators that measure the data, experiences and opportunities for disabled staff.

Publication date:
16 February 2023
Date range:
2021-2022

Metrics

Metric 1

Percentage of staff in each of the AfC Bands 1-9 and VSM (including Executive Board members) compared with the percentage of staff in the overall workforce.

The proportion of staff who have recorded a disability is currently 6.84%, however staff survey indicates 33.7% staff have a disability. KMPT has 17.94% of staff declaring an unknown status for disability which needs to be addressed to reduce the percentage of unknown declarations to either disabled or not disabled.

Metric 2

Relative likelihood of staff being appointed from shortlisting across all posts.

Non-disabled staff are 1.42 times more likely to be appointed from shortlisting than those staff with disabilities, there has been an increase from last year which was 1.22, therefore disabled staff are less likely to be recruited into KMPT than non-disabled staff.

Metric 3

Relative likelihood of staff entering the formal capability process

Disabled staff are 1.37 times more likely than non-disabled staff to enter a formal capability process. Due to the small numbers of formal capability cases the impact on the data will be adversely affected.

Percentage of disabled staff compared to non-disabled staff experiencing harassment, bullying or abuse from.

Metric 4a

Patients, relatives, managers or colleagues in the last 12 months

33.7% of staff with disabilities report experiencing harassment, bullying or abuse from patients. This is decreased from 35% last year. However, KMPT are still above the national average 32.2%.

Metric 4b: managers

12.4% of staff with disabilities report experiencing harassment, bullying or abuse from managers. This is decreased from 16.2% last year. However, KMPT are still above the national average 13.4%.

Metric 4c: other colleagues

17.5% of staff with disabilities report experiencing harassment, bullying or abuse from colleagues. This is decreased from 24.5% last year. However, KMPT are below the national average of 20.2%

Scores also decreased for staff without disabilities.

Metric 4d

Percentage of staff saying that, the last time they experienced bullying or harassment at work, they or a colleague reported it

61.5% of staff with disabilities say that the last time they experienced bullying or harassment at work, they or a colleague reported this. This is an increase from last year of 58.9%. The national average is at 59.4%.

Metric 5

Percentage believing that Trust provides equal opportunities for career progression or promotion.

57.5% of staff with disabilities believe the Trust provides equal opportunities for career progression a slight decrease from last year at 58.8%, the national average is 54.4%.

Metric 6

Percentage of Disabled staff compared to non-disabled staff saying that they have felt pressure from their manager to come to work, despite not feeling well enough to perform their duties.

23.8% of staff with disabilities say they have experienced pressure from their manager to attend work, compared with 15.4% of staff without disabilities. These numbers for both groups of staff have decreased since last year. However, the national average for disabled staff is 20.8%, therefore KMPT are above the national average for this metric.

Indicator 7

Percentage of Disabled staff compared to non-disabled staff saying that they are satisfied with the extent to which their organisation values their work.

41.3% of staff with disabilities are satisfied with the extent to which the organisation values their work, compared with 52.1% of staff without disabilities. These numbers for both staff groups have decreased slightly since last year. The national average for disabled staff is 43.6%, KMPT is currently below the national average for staff satisfaction.

Metric 8

Percentage of Disabled staff saying that their employer has made adequate adjustment(s) to enable them to carry out their work.

79.2% of staff with disabilities consider that the organisation has made adequate adjustments. This number has decreased from 84.8% last year although still represents a steady improvement over the past four to five years. KMPT are slightly above the national average for this metric which for 2021 is 78.8%.

Metric 9

The staff engagement score for Disabled staff, compared to non-disabled staff and the overall engagement score for the organisation (out of 10)

The staff engagement score for disabled staff is 6.6, compared with 7.2 for staff without disabilities. KMPT are slightly below than the national average 6.7.

Metric 10

Percentage difference between the organisation’s Board voting membership and its organisation’s overall workforce, disaggregated

44.44% of the board have declared an unknown status for disability, 0% have declared disabled and 55.56% declared non-disabled.