Your health and disability Code of Rights

Your health and disability Code of Rights

The Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner and the Independent Advocacy Service will discuss your rights and how to advocate for them when receiving health and disability services.

Presenters

Rose Wall
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner
Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Dr Esther Woodbury
Principal Advisor
Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Randal Southee
Chief Executive
National Advocacy Trust

Biographies

Rose Wall is focused on the rights of disabled people when using health and disability services and is committed to improving the accessibility and responsiveness of HDC’s complaints process for disabled people I tāngata whaikaha.

Dr Esther Woodbury is a disability and human rights researcher and advisor. Esther has worked in disability across government, tertiary education and community sectors, in research, monitoring, community engagement and governance.

Randal Southee is the CEO for the National Advocacy Trust, who are contracted through the Director of Advocacy and under the Code of Rights to provide free and independent health & disability consumer advocacy across the motu to all people who use a health or disability service.

Theme: Health and advocacy
Audience: Parents, whānau and professionals