A plan to improve the health and wellbeing of the LGBTIQA+ community, to improve the care and support LGBTIQA+ people receive and deliver better physical and mental health outcomes across the community. Addressing the significant health disparities experienced by LGBTIQA+ people, the plan will guide government action to make safe, inclusive and high-quality healthcare available to all LGBTIQA+ people. 

Guiding principles

1. Achieving health equity for LGBTIQA+ people that acknowledges and respects their diversity.
2. Embedding preventive health and wellbeing across the life course.
3. Ensure supportive, safe, appropriate, and autonomous care.
4. Access to health services that support high quality care and self-determination in decision making.
5. Evidence-based continuous improvement should be in constant focus.

Key focus areas

• Build system-wide leadership and cultural change.
• Strengthen preventive health and build health literacy.
• Enhance accessibility, availability and safety of healthcare services.
• Ensure workforce capability and capacity across both mainstream and LGBTIQA+ led services.
• Improve research, data and evaluation.