About June Long Foundation
...there will always be medical error but the way it is addressed will make the difference.
The June Long Foundation is a registered charitable entity established in 1996 to educate and support those who have lost loved ones or been harmed due to medical error and to campaign for safety and accountability in Australia's hospital system.
The Foundation provides a forum where families, and those who advocate for them, can share ideas, insights, and incentives for emotional and justice oriented healing. In addition, specific issues of family trauma, patient safety, health education, public policy and the legal system are dealt with.
The Foundation continues to be concerned by the individual experiences of families of both surviving and deceased patients and their involvement has turned into activism for the public good. All the committed families are motivated to help other families cope with the aftermath.
The Foundation stands firm in its commitment to all affected patients and families, understanding that coalition building and supportive sharing with all stakeholders is critical if the voice of the family is to be heard. It recognises its fundamental responsibility to give a voice to these people - both to acknowledge the reality of their loss and harm and to bring that reality to a society numbed by statistics and information inertia. Only then can we enlist society to take note that death and harm due to medical error are a very real problem.
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