The lack of awareness of our human rights permeates throughout the health sector and recent hearingsby the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability have shed light on the human cost.
Health sector responses have been a life-and-death matter for people with disabilities for a very long time. Throw in a global pandemic and reforms to health sector policy and practice have never been more urgent.
Read the full story... (off-site)- Topics:
- Disability Royal Commission, Emergency management, Health
- Author:
- Dr George Taleporos
- Source:
- Every Australian Counts
- Date published:
- Mon 20th Apr, 2020