Having a skilled and engaged workforce is essential to providing high quality care to mothers, children and families.

This will be done through workforce strategies including:

• strengthening and expanding the healthcare workforce by enhancing skills and supporting services.
• having coordinated referral networks that will enable seamless and accessible care across different sites.
• a greater number of Aboriginal staff across all maternity, paediatrics, child and family and community healthcare services.
• a supportive work culture with opportunities for collaboration and professional growth.

Health literacy helps people to navigate the healthcare system, make informed decisions and access the support they need.

Being knowledgeable about health leads to better health and wellbeing. Healthy habits in childhood often continue into adulthood.

With health promotion and early intervention, we can prevent diseases and promote overall well-being.

To support mothers, children and families to lead healthy lives we aim to

• create simple guides and tools to help people understand their own health and find the right healthcare services.
• strengthen health promotion and prevention programs for pregnant women, children and families to help improve health and well-being.
• support community events and activities that bring practical health information to families.
• ensure children get timely health checks.
• expand access to parenting programs and improve how we refer families to mental health services.

Having consistent, continuous, high-quality and safe person-centred care leads to better health outcomes for mothers, children and their families.

We aim to create a well-coordinated healthcare system that is easy to access and navigate and provides the right level of care for families with specific needs.

Healthcare settings will prioritise safety, keeping families together and meeting child safety standards.

Families with complex needs face many challenges and often need special care to manage their health and well-being.

To help support families during difficult times we will develop responsive and integrated care models, including specialist services and improving pathways for care.

Health equity means everyone has a fair chance to be healthy and the same opportunities to access the care they need, regardless of their background or situation.

However some groups face bigger challenges due to factors like cultural diversity. having disabilities, living in poverty, experiencing violence or living in remote areas.

We will work to advancing health equity by developing and implementing care models that support vulnerable families including:

• having enhanced culturally appropriate services.
• services that are orientated towards understanding and responding to trauma in a supportive way.
• providing vulnerable and isolated families with comprehensive wrap-around support.
• having accessible and clear information on support for transport, accommodation and other needs.