37. Who Decides If Care Is Safe? With First Nations Dr Sarah Jane Springer

What if the only real measure of cultural safety was the voice of the person receiving care?In this episode of It Takes Heart, Sam and Kate sit down with Dr Sarah Jane Springer - proud First Nations woman, award-winning rural generalist, and passionate advocate for community-led healthcare. Drawing on her lived experience and career across rural and remote Australia, Sarah Jane shares why true cultural safety can’t be written into policy alone - it must be shaped, guided, and defined by the communities receiving care.Together, they explore identity, leadership, and the responsibility of building systems that genuinely centre First Nations voices. This episode is for anyone working in healthcare, leadership, or reform who believes better outcomes begin with listening and who feels called to help create a safer, stronger, more community-led future for healthcare.Sarah Jane's organisation of choice is The Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association. AIDA’s purpose is to grow ethical and professional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander doctors who will lead and drive equitable and just health outcomes for all our peoples.Follow Dr Sarah Jane on InstagramIt Takes Heart is hosted by cmr’s Samantha Miklos and Kate Coomber and recorded at cmr’s head office in Brisbane.We Care; Music by Waveney YassoGet to know It Takes Heart & cmr better! Instagram: @ittakesheartpodcast and @cornerstonemedicalrecruitmentYouTube: @ItTakesHeartPodcast and @cornerstonemedicalrecruitment TikTok: @cornerstonemedicalrecLinkedIn: @cmr | Cornerstone Medical Recruitment Facebook: @CornerstoneMedicalRecruitment