Our disability plan
The Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service (WBHHS) Disability Plan 2024–2027 outlines our commitment to fostering an inclusive healthcare environment and supporting individuals with disabilities. This plan is guided by feedback from our community and aligns with both the Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service Strategic Plan 2022-2026 and Queensland's Disability Plan 2022-2027.
The plan aims to promote inclusion and reduce barriers for people with disabilities, their carers, and families. It provides strategies and actions to guide our work, with key performance indicators to measure success. Our approach focuses on safe, compassionate, respectful, and personalised consumer experiences.
Key Components
- Defining Disability: Emphasises the evolving understanding of disability as a complex interaction between a person’s body and society.
- Health Gaps: Addresses the significant health inequalities faced by people with disabilities, including people with an intellectual disability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- Commitment to Inclusivity: Aligns with Queensland Health’s commitment to equitable healthcare for people with disabilities, including adherence to the Anti-Discrimination Act and the Human Rights Act.
Focus Areas
- Inclusive Communities: Promotes attitudes, accessibility, digital inclusion, and respect.
- Inclusive Workforce: Ensures the workforce understands disability and reflects community diversity.
- Health and Wellness: Focuses on life spectrum, NDIS, ageing, and respecting the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- Safety: Emphasises emergency preparedness, disability awareness, and the prevention of abuse and neglect.
- Opportunity: Advocates for voice, choice, pride, recognition, health literacy, and employment.
Read our disability plan for 2024–2027 [PDF 9096.24 KB] to learn more.