Publications

How can services be inclusive

Published: 2023 Inclusive Health Care

This factsheet aims to support health care services in the ACT to better integrate inclusive practices into their workplace culture, environment, and policies. It encourages services to consider the diversity of health care consumers, as well as the ability of consumers to identify issues and improve the health care system.

Introduction to Intersectionality

Published: 2023 Inclusive Health Care

This factsheet aims to provide a brief introduction to 'intersectionality' in health care.

Inclusive Health Care: Glossary

Published: 2023 Inclusive Health Care

This glossary is a list of key words and resources that may be useful when providing health care for consumers in the ACT.

Inclusive Health Care: Communication Tips

Published: 2023 Inclusive Health Care

This factsheet aims to provide health care services and workers with an understanding of inclusive communication. It provides some key tips and resources to help improve inclusive language and communication in health care.

Submission to ACT Government’s 2023-24 ACT Budget Consultation

Published: 2023 Budget Consultations

HCCA wants to see the 2023-24 ACT Budget address priorities in three key areas of health: access, integration of care, and support for the community sector to meet increasing demands. Supporting information and detail of HCCA’s proposed priorities is included in Section 2.

It’s a Choice: Consumer views on VAD for the ACT

Published: 2023 Advance Care Planning Aged Care/Health of Older People

HCCA sought feedback from members on the discussion paper on Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD). We facilitated three focus groups consisting of 4 to 6 consumers and ten in-depth conversations with individuals. The questions asked during these discussions were based on those provided in the ACT Health VAD Discussion Paper. Consumers…

Climate Health and Wellbeing Position Statement

Published: 2023

This position statement acknowledges that climate change will have a profound impact on the health and wellbeing of people across the world.

Inclusive Health Care Position Statement

Published: 2023 Inclusive Health Care

Inclusive health care means equity of access for all health care consumers so that they can fully participate in their health care. For health care to be inclusive for consumers, health care providers need to acknowledge that health is determined by different experiences, identities, social connections, needs, wants, and bodies.…

HCCA’s Health Promotion Framework

Published: 2023

This document is the framework which supports HCCA’s purpose to empower consumers to have control and understanding of their own health and increase their awareness of, and ability to influence control over, the social determinants of health in our communities.

HCCA Privacy & Confidentiality Policy

Published: 2023

This Privacy Policy outlines how HCCA manages the personal information of staff, volunteers, members and consumer representatives and members of the public. It also describes the type of personal information held, for what purposes, and how that information is collected, held, used and disclosed.