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Diversity at Peter Mac - Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Our commitment to Diversity and Aboriginal health >>
What is Diversity? >>
Why is Diversity important? >>
Diversity and Aboriginal Health Advisory Committee >>
The Diversity and Aboriginal Health Advisory Committee Members >>
Monitoring>>
External Relationship & Useful Links >>
For more information or to provide feedback >>

Our commitment to Diversity and Aboriginal health:


Peter Mac values diversity and believes that consumers and staff have the right to fair and equal treatment.

It is important that Peter Mac works to engage with consumers and staff on issues relating to diversity to ensure that the care and services are equitable, accessible and valued by all.

What is Diversity?


  • Recognising and valuing differences in its broadest sense
  • It is about creating a culture and practices that recognise, respect, value and harness difference
  • Benefiting patients, carers, members of the public and members of staff
  • Creating a fairer society where everyone can participate and has the opportunity to fulfill their potential

Why is Diversity important?


Diversity has been a prominent feature of the Australian population for many decades. Australians coming from more that 200 different ancestries and speaking more than 300 different languages at home.

Australia has effectively managed this diversity with proactive and positive multicultural policies that have fostered social inclusion and embraced cultural linguistic and faith diversity.

Diversity and Aboriginal Health Advisory Committee


Peter Mac is committed to providing high quality cancer care for all patients. The 'Diversity and Aboriginal Health Advisory Committee' was established, to ensure that the needs of diverse and Aboriginal communities are being met.

The Diversity and Aboriginal Health Advisory Committee Members:


Chair:
  • Director, Quality & Organisational Development – Clinical Governance Unit

Staff representatives
  • Cancer Support Nurse
  • Clinical Nurse Co-ordinator
  • Community Engagement Coordinator
  • Pastoral Care representative
  • Head, Social Work Department
  • Human Resources Department representative
  • Inpatient Nursing representative
  • Language Services Co-ordinator
  • Manager, Volunteer Services
  • PeterMac @ Home representative
  • Health Information Service representative

Monitoring


On a regular basis the Diversity and Aboriginal Health Advisory Committee report to:
  • Community Advisory Committee, to ensure that the activities of the committee meet and address the needs of our patients and consumers
  • Clinical Governance Committee
  • Operations Committee, this is to ensure that the work of the Committee is in line with the strategic direction of the organisation
  • Providing annual reports to the Department of Health, to ensure that we are working within Government guidelines.

External Relationship & Useful Links


A number of organisations representing our diverse consumers assist us in providing suitable services and information to consumers and staff; and to continually improve our service to meet the high expectations of all our consumers.

For further information about these organisations click on the links below.


For more information or to provide feedback


If you would like more information on the Diversity and Aboriginal Health Advisory Committee or if you would like to provide the Committee with feedback please feel free to contact the Consumer Engagement Coordinator.

Amrit Dhillon, Consumer Engagement Coordinator
Telephone: 03 9656 5249
Fax: 03 9656 1459
Email: amritpal.dhillon@petermac.org

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