WA Health Artificial Intelligence Policy MP 0193/25 and Standard 8.3: Principle 3, fairness: AI enables fair and equitable access to health care and government services without widening disparities by race, sex, gender or socioeconomic status; staff are trained to monitor and manage bias in algorithms including self-developed models, in training data appropriate to the WA ethical, societal, cultural and legal context, and in outputs monitored against anti-discrimination law and disproportionate impact; strategies mitigate racial and gender bias consistent with the Health Equity Impact Statement and Aboriginal Health Impact Statement policies and the NSQHS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander user guide; speech-based AI is tested across accents and languages; transparency is secured where language barriers exist; and Aboriginal data is handled consistent with the National Agreement on Closing the Gap

What does 8.3 require?

WA health entities must ensure that AI systems enable fair and equitable access to health care and government services and do not exacerbate existing disparities in access such as those related to race, sex, gender or socioeconomic status. Staff working with AI are adequately trained or qualified to monitor and manage bias in the algorithms, including self-developed models, which must be impartial toward race, sex, gender, religion, culture, language, ethnicity or any other ground; in the data used to train models, which must suit the WA health context and use case including its ethical, societal, cultural and legal context; and in the outputs, which are continuously monitored for compliance with anti-discrimination law and for disproportionate impact on demographic groups. Staff implementing AI are mindful of the harms of racial and gender bias and put mitigation strategies in place, consistent with MP 0185/24 Health Equity Impact Statement and Declaration Policy, MP 0160/21 Aboriginal Health Impact Statement and Declaration Policy and the NSQHS Standards user guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Where AI listens to staff, patients or customers, comprehensive testing across the range of accents and languages is demonstrated. Transparency is addressed under Principle 6 where language barriers exist, and staff are aware of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap and its expectations for the transparency, accountability, access, sharing and control of Aboriginal data.