Our work towards Health Equity
Health equity
Metro North Hospital and Health Service is committed to providing equity of access to high quality health care services and building relationships based on inclusion with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their communities and remains committed to achieve life expectancy parity for Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples by 2031.
Metro North Health’s goal is to ensure all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people accessing our health services will receive high-quality person-centered care that is culturally responsive, empowers self-care and choice, and is designed to improve health and wellbeing.
The Metro North Health Equity Strategy, to be launched in April 2022, describes our commitment to drive health equity and eliminate institutional racism across the public health system.
Metro North Health Equity Strategy 2022–2025
The Metro North Health Equity Strategy 2022-2025 describes our commitment to drive health equity, eliminate institutional racism across the public health system and achieve life expectancy parity for Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples by 2031.
The Metro North Health Equity Strategy 2022-2025 provides this pathway for cultural change and consists of five priority areas for inclusion in our local strategy:
- Actively eliminate racial discrimination and institutional racism within the service.
- Increasing access to healthcare services.
- Delivering sustainable, culturally safe and responsive healthcare services.
- Influencing the social, cultural and economic determinants of health.
- Working with First Nations peoples, communities and organisations to design, deliver,
monitor and review health services.
Metro North Health Equity Implementation and Evaluation Plan 2022–2025
The Metro North Health Equity Implementation and Evaluation Plan 2022–2025 was developed in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders, community stakeholders, our Executive team within Metro North and external partner organisations.
The actions outlined in the Implementation and Evaluation Plan are designed to demonstrate a commitment to the health equity reform agenda and improve health outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the whole health care system.
The Implementation and Evaluation Plan provides a priority for the delivery of strategies and actions in Our Journey Towards Health Equity, Metro North Health Equity Strategy 2022-2025 and assigns accountability to the areas responsible for each action at Metro North Health and ongoing monitoring / reporting responsibilities.
In addition to the plan, the supporting ‘Appendix 2’ outlines the measures, tools, baseline and targets. This document will be reviewed and updated on a quarterly basis by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership Team.
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"Health Equity means Opportunity and Change."
"The voices, lived experiences, and cultural authority of our people are integral to the co-design, co-ownership and co-implementation of our Health Equity Strategy."
"If we be too sensitive, we won’t fix anything."
"You have the full commitment from the Board and Metro North Leadership to co-design with Elders, community, and partners to make our hospital and health services accessible, free from racism and discrimination, culturally safe and responsive."
"Still keep fighting."
"You have to understand the patient journey. You have to understand health starts at home."