Our Commitment to Cultural Safety
Reaffirming our Commitment to Cultural Safety
Saskatchewan Health Authority is committed to Truth and Reconciliation and dedicated to providing quality patient care throughout the province, and the safety and well-being of patients in our care is our priority. We strive to create a safe and welcoming environment for all in our health care facilities, and look to our staff, patients, residents, clients, families and friends to help us in this goal by treating each other with respect and dignity.
Patients, residents, clients and families within our facilities have the right to be treated with respect and dignity in a culturally safe way. Culturally safe care occurs in an environment that is spiritually, socially, emotionally safe, as well as physically safe for all people. Cultural safety is a feeling of shared respect, shared meaning, shared knowledge and the experience of learning together. Staff and physicians have a responsibility to foster environments where patients and families experience culturally safe care.
Patients, residents, clients and families also have a responsibility to treat other patients, residents, clients, families and staff with respect and dignity and to respect the privacy of others, particularly in shared spaces and environments. Saskatchewan Health Authority management and staff reserve the right to limit or restrict family and guests in circumstances where family or guest behavior is unreasonable, disruptive or abusive and/or could endanger the health or safety of a patient, resident, client, other guests or staff.
Racist and disrespectful behaviour and comments create an unsafe environment; we need to work to create safe and harassment-free environments for clients and staff. We all have a responsibility to provide a culturally safe environment and care.