The NSLHD Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Service, in partnership with the NSLHD Consumer and Patient Experience team, has created a culturally appropriate adaptation of the Australian Charter of Health Care Rights, the first of its kind in New South Wales.
The Charter describes the rights that all people, or someone they care for, can expect when receiving health care.
The adapted Charter provides a visual commitment in artwork and language relevant to the NSLHD Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and of those who may be attending our services from outside country.
Director of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Service Peter Shine said the culturally adapted Charter provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples the understanding that they have the right to respectful care and information regarding their own health care circumstances, and that of immediate family members.