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Bridget

I am a lived and living experience expert and advocate with a passion for driving positive change in mental health outcomes. I bring this dedication into diverse advisory councils, expert working groups and sub-committees, infusing a valuable lived experience perspective into policy and deliberations. My commitment stems from personal challenges with accessing mental health services, witnessing individuals fall through the cracks, and experiencing the loss of a loved one to suicide at a young age. In my spare time, I enjoy sewing and origami, alongside pursuing a qualification in Bachelor of Nursing.

My project focuses on prioritising sexual safety during consumers’ admissions to psychiatric wards. I aim to enhance policies and procedures following sexual safety breaches while providing accessible, evidence-based training for staff on preventing such incidents, fostering heightened awareness of sexual safety whilst ensuring a safer environment within psychiatric wards.