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Physical Disability Australia (PDA) a leading advocacy group, is set to hold a virtual conversation alongside representatives from the disability sector around the inequalities faced by people with disability within Australia’s healthcare system.
One of the main inequalities experienced by those with disability in healthcare is not existing on an equal playing field when it comes to healthcare accessibility and fairness, according to the PDA.
In a recent statement on their website, PDA reported numerous instances where screening, treatment, procedures, their suitability and accessibility, highlighted failings within the public health system significantly affecting life expectancy and quality of life for the disability community.
Having their healthcare requirements overlooked, with equipment and training failing to meet the needs of many varied health-related experiences in a system often designed to cater for the majority at the expense of the rest
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Due to this, PDA is hosting a webinar, titled Accessible and Fair Healthcare, which seeks to elevate the discussion around those who've experienced challenges and unfairness. Among those set to be in attendance are professionals within the sector, government representatives and academics in the disability access space.
Speakers on the panel include many giants of the disability advocacy sector such as medical professional Dr Dinesh Palipana OAM, Research Fellow Dr Yi Yang and lawyer Carol Taylor, whose recent issues around her own health have amplified her passion to address patient-centred care for people with disability.
“Life-saving services…should not be contingent on…someone’s ability to “fit” a guideline,” she says.
According to Physical Disability Australia, the webinar promises to be an enlightening conversation focused on addressing systemic healthcare inequalities and examining ways in which policy change, training systems and accessible equipment and service provision can be improved.
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