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

• Equality Act 2010, Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) Annual Review 2023
• Equality Act 2010, Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) Annual Review 2022

Workforce monitoring reports and analysis

• Equality and Diversity Monitoring Information 2023

Page last reviewed: December 05, 2024
Next review due: December 05, 2025