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Dr Mary-Faeth Chenery has been a member of the Daylesford community for 17 years and is comforted knowing the local health service has a strong commitment to supporting the LGBTI Community. “It’s tremendously important to me that the Hepburn Health service can serve the whole community,” she says
Hepburn Health Aged Care Services achieved a Rainbow Tick in 2016 for its acknowledgement and commitment to ensuring the provision of safe and respectful care to members of the LGBTI Community.
The Rainbow Tick aims to assist health and human service organisations develop services that are inclusive of LGBTI people. To achieve the Rainbow Tick organisations are assessed against the LGBTI-inclusive practice standards and engaged in building quality improvement into their operations.
Now the Hepburn Health Service is expanding that commitment and seeking Rainbow Tick accreditation across all of its health care services, including its Acute and Integrated Primary Care services.
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Sarah Roberts was recently appointed as Rainbow Tick Project Officer. “Hepburn Health has a unique approach to ensuring it meets the needs of its large and growing LGBTI Community,” she says.
Hepburn Health respects the lived experiences of LGBTI consumers and their families, and is seeking community members to become involved in its expanded LGBTI Advisory Group. “The LGBTI advisory group will participate in co-designing Hepburn Health service delivery to ensure we meet their needs and that they all feel welcome to access our services,” says Sarah
New advisory group members could identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, gender diverse and/or intersex, be from diverse backgrounds, ages and experiences or be allies of LGBTI people including family members and friends. “The more the Hepburn Health Service knows about the specific needs of individuals from the LGBTI community, the better off we all are,” says Mary-Faeth.
If you are interested in joining this LGBTI Advisory group, please email Sarah at sarahr@hhs.vic.gov.au or phone 5321 6527.