Submission – First Peoples’ Health and Wellbeing

First Peoples’ Health and Wellbeing’s (FPHW) is an Aboriginal community-controlled health organisation (ACCHO) providing affordable primary healthcare services to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People and their families in urban Melbourne.

This submission from FPHW is a response to Yoorrook’s health inquiry and details:

• Inequities in the Medicare and My Medicare systems
• Inequities faced by those under the ACCHO Award
• Inherent mistrust of ACCHOs by funders and the associated excessive administrative burdens
• Data sovereignty
• Interactions with mainstream providers