The Department of Health multicultural health action plan 2023–27 outlines our commitment and action to improve the health and wellbeing of multicultural communities over the next four years. It sets out improvement goals and actions to embed cultural competency into all our services, programs and policies.
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The department is accountable at all levels for ensuring inclusive, equitable and culturally competent policies, services and programs. This means being transparent about our efforts.
The Department of Health Executive Board will oversee implementation of the new plan, and all Deputy Secretaries will contribute to annual multicultural reporting processes. A snapshot of multicultural health outcomes will be reported annually to the Executive Board, using data linked to the new outcomes framework in the Department of Health strategic plan 2023–27. All Victorian government departments report annually on progress in implementing cultural diversity plans. This includes reporting on the use of language services, service use by multicultural communities, and a range of agreed activity and outcome indicators. The department’s contribution will form part of the annual Victorian Government report in multicultural affairs, which is tabled in parliament and is available on the Victorian Government .
Reviewed 05 June 2024