Bury Pride Survey 2022
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Background
HW Bury attended the Bury Pride event on Saturday, 30th April with Healthwatch Bury information stall and encouraged visitors to complete the short HW100 survey. Of the many that we engaged with, 34 people completed the survey. This is a summary report to present the findings from the feedback received.
Methodology
A short ‘Healthwatch 100’ survey, which was designed to enable people to give answers quickly, with the opportunity to provide as much or as little detail as they wished. The survey was designed to enable those completing it to remain anonymous to encourage honesty in responses, with no fear of services being able to identify them. Both paper and electronic copies were available, and our staff provided assistance where necessary. 34 people completed the survey.
Key findings
- Although 40% of the respondents stated they had felt the health and social care professionals had been respectful and knowledgeable when they disclosed their sexual orientation or gender identity there is still a considerable percentage (around 13%) who felt they were not treated with respect.
- Around 26% of participants selected feeling very confident in response to ‘How confident are you that health and social care professionals in the future will treat you with respect because of your sexual orientation or gender identity?’, meaning the remaining 74% selected answers which indicate that there is room for improvement regarding installing confidence in LGBTIQA+ individuals
- 27% of the respondents stated that due to their previous experiences they are now likely to be less open or expect a negative experience when accessing health and social care services
Recommendations
- Roll out the LGBTQIA+ awareness training for all health and care professionals across Bury
- Support improved monitoring of sexual orientation and gender identity to enable better patient care
- Ensure LGBT people’s needs are considered in health and social care regulation
- Improve local community support for LGBT people by continuing to support the existing groups and setting up peer support groups for different ages and interests.