Consultation – Draft statements on cultural competence, cultural safety, and hauora Māori

Council is responsible for setting standards of clinical competence, cultural competence (including competencies to enable respectful and effective interaction with Māori), and ethical conduct (Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003). 

Council is consulting on two draft statements that set expectations for how doctors provide culturally competent and culturally safe care, and support equitable health outcomes.

The draft statements cover:

• cultural competence and cultural safety
• hauora Māori (Māori health and wellbeing).

These statements are intended to replace the current 2019 Statement on cultural safety and will form part of Council’s standards for all doctors.

We welcome your feedback to help ensure the statements are clear, reasonable and proportionate.

View the consultation