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The IIA showed that the proposed changes could have a disproportionate
impact on adults resident in South Tyneside and specific vulnerable
groups summarised in the table below:
Stroke Maternity & Gynae Paediatrics
Over 65s
“Fertile” groups
-
men and women working
age
Parents and child carers
- men and women
working age
BME groups
- over 50s
BME groups
- expectant mothers / new
mothers
and partners
BME families / parents with young children
Disability groups and their carers
–
over 50s (emotional / mental
illness / physical / hearing and
sight impairment / speech /
cognitive / learning
)
Expectant women / new mothers and their
partners with disabilities
(emotional / mental illness / physical /
hearing and sight impairment / speech /
cognitive / learning)
Children, carers and families affected by
disabilities
(emotional / mental illness / physical / hearing and
sight impairment / speech / cognitive / learning)
Socio
-economically deprived
groups
- over 50s
Expectant women
/ new mothers and
partners in socio
-economically deprived
groups
Children, Carers, and parents suffering
socioeconomic hardship
– including children in
care
Teenage mothers
- 13-19 year olds
Young people
– 11-18 year olds
All adults
All adults
All adults
Expectant women / new mothers and their
partners with problems relating to drug and
alcohol misuse
Children
, carers and families affected by
substance or alcohol misuse