​​​​​​​This progress report provides detail on the implementation of 44 recommendations of the Parliamentary Inquiry into Health Outcomes and Access to Health and Hospital Services in Rural, Regional and Remote New South Wales (Rural Health Inquiry), including completed actions and those in progress. It shares stories from the perspective of patients, staff, and the community.

The National Health and Climate Strategy sets out a whole-of-government plan for achieving healthy, climate-resilient communities and a sustainable, resilient, high-quality, net zero health system. This initial implementation plan presents the milestones for the actions prioritised for delivery in 2024 and foreshadows the activities to deliver the remaining actions in 2025 and beyond.

This framework seeks to address health inequity for Aboriginal people through self-determination and strengthening accountability for Aboriginal health in NSW Health. The framework sets out the gold standard for Aboriginal governance, shared decision-making and accountability within NSW Health, ensuring that all decisions and governance structures that impact Aboriginal people include Aboriginal voices and leadership.

Aboriginal people in NSW do not enjoy the same health outcomes or access to healthcare as the non-Aboriginal population. Many of these discrepancies can be attributed to the inequities experienced by Aboriginal people and communities. This Plan makes a commitment to recognising, respecting and elevating the cultural determinants of health and wellbeing and their restorative...

Despite the transformative potential of automation and clinical decision support technology in health care, there is growing urgency for more nuanced approaches to ethics. The purpose of this review is to ask health care practitioners, managers and policy makers to consider the use of automated tools in practice settings and examine how these tools might...