Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework
The Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework (PCREF) aims to improve equitable access, experience and outcomes for people from ethnically diverse communities.
It is a national anti-racism framework launched by NHS England and co-designed with services, patients, and carers
In February 2025, we launched our PCREF work with an event attended by Dr. Lade Smith, CBE, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Sean Duggan, Sussex Partnership's Chair, members of the Trust's Executive Committee, experts by experience, divisional managers, clinicians, and partner organisations.
By implementing PCREF, Sussex Partnership is taking the next step in our commitment to reduce inequality and inequity for people from racialised communities that come into contact with our services.
Embedding the framework
We will embed the framework in three ways:
- Through leadership and governance: our Trust board will lead on establishing and monitoring concrete plans of action to reduce health inequalities.
- With data: new data on improvements in reducing health inequalities will be published, as well as details on ethnicity in all existing core data sets.
- Through feedback: there will be visible and effective ways for our patients and carers to feedback, as well as clear processes to act and report on that feedback.
This page will be updated with further details of our PCREF work when available.