Reconciliation is a relationship and an ongoing journey. Our Reconciliation Action Plan sets out how we are improving our services and the health and wellbeing of First Nations peoples.
The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) recognises first and foremost the integral role our own staff and employees play in reconciling past injustices and their individual and collective roles in a more unified, cohesive and culturally safe future.
We continue to work together to achieve our shared vision.
For queries related to the RAP, contact the Director of Aboriginal Health.
Consultation and partnerships
We work with various stakeholder groups, including:
- Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Sector (VACCHO) and the Wurundjeri Traditional Owner Group
- Balit Djerring Project Group
- Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA)
- Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS)
We also acknowledge our most influential stakeholder as our First Nations communities, both locally and nationally.
We focus on engaging with our First Nations communities to enable self-determination and Indigenous governance.
Areas for action
Some of our areas for action include:
- Expand First Nations clinical services to provide culturally appropriate and specific health care across a range of specialities (for example, the First Nations Dermatology service)
- Diverse representation in decision-making, making sure that our governing bodies include and are informed by the diversity of the surrounding community, and that bodies that oversee matters related to First Nations health have significant First Nations representation
- Increased First Nations workforce participation across clinical, non-clinical and leadership roles
Past plans
Download our previous Reconciliation Action Plan 2020-2021: