Statistically, how representative is the ICB of the SEL population?
These pie charts compare the people who live in south east London with our workforce and our Board.
We use this information to understand how well the NHS South East London Integrated Care Board (SEL ICB) reflects the communities it serves. A workforce and Board that reflect our population can help us understand local needs and make better decisions about health services in south east London.
For every chart:
- the SEL ICB workforce total is 670 people
- the SEL ICB Board total is 13 people
The south east London population figures come from the 2021 Census. Some people did not answer every question, so the total population changes for each characteristic.
Population totals used
- Sex: 1,791,500 people
- Sexual orientation: 1,458,150 people
- Disability: 1,791,376 people
- Ethnicity: 1,791,376 people
- Age: 1,791,500 people
Protected characteristics
What does our data tell us?
- The ICB workforce is not fully representative of the south east London (SEL) population across the protected characteristics shown in these infographics. Arguably, there is fair representation in the characteristics of disability, sexual orientation and ethnicity. Also, whilst not directly representative of the SEL population, the ICB workforce has a reasonable spread of age between 21 and 70 years.
- The ICB Board is majority white, middle-aged, non-disabled, heterosexual men and therefore not fully representative of the ICB workforce or south east London population.
- Representation by protected characteristic is an important factor in understanding the needs of the ICB workforce and SEL population, but where we are not fully representative, continued work and education is needed to serve our people and close health inequality gaps.
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