Queenslanders had expressed concern that they may not have been able to vote in the forthcoming local government elections due to restrictions being put in place to battle COVID-19.
Understanding individual and family needs and preferences is essential to providing aged care and palliative care consistent with a person’s values and beliefs. Providing culturally safe care is founded on respect for peoples’ background and lived experiences.
In 2019 the Queensland Government released the model code for neighbourhood design to encourage the development of healthier and more active communities across the state.
There is an individual and collective responsibility of all those in the health system, including consumers, to identify and reduce any care provided to patients that is of low benefits.