The Why
Because none of these things have a place in a culture that is supposed to be about caring. Healthcare worker who are exhausted from the constant onslaught of bullying or from the oppressive weight of racism, can’t do their best work. Some of them leave – sometimes for a while, sometimes forever. And discrimination means that we don’t have a merit-based system – we aren’t ensuring that the best people do the work they are most suited for.
Building #ABetterCulture will mean we build Better Healthcare. And that’s for everyone’s benefit.
What Makes A Better Culture Different?
We are taking a different approach to creating a safer, more effective workplace. We are challenging the system, and those who drive it, to provide safety to the people in it. But it will take all parts of the health system to create lasting change.
This is an invitation to everyone - Doctors, Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health workers, to be a part of creating psychological safety in a system and culture that currently undermines it.
Healthcare must be accountable as a workplace. It must be safe first and foremost, then better outcomes for staff and patients will follow.
The Team
Dr Sarah Jane Springer
Senior Medical Advisor
Michael Felix Nyeche
Project Officer
Jade Rameka
Project Admin
Maddy Roberts
Project Admin
The Board
Dr Jillann Farmer
Our CEO
Ms Helen Szoke AO
Our Chair
Dr Louis Peachey
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Member
Dr Nicole Higgins
CPMC Member
Dr Karen Stringer
Independent Member
Carly Dober
Australian Association of Psychologists Member
David Clarke
Health Consumer Body Member
Judy Finn
Independent Member
Dr Elise Buisson
AMADT Member
Karen Grace
Nursing and Midwifery Member
Dr Clare Skinner
CPMC Member
Michael Gorton AM
Independent Member
Reference groups
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Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander
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Culturally, Ethnically and Linguistically Diverse
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Disability & Neurodiversity
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International Medical Graduate
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LGBTIQ+SB
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Non-Hospital
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Rural
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Senior Doctors and Healthcare Workers
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Students and Early Career (PGY1-3)
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Supervisors and Educators
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Trainees
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Women in Healthcare