Liat Watson


Liat-Watson


Healthcare consumer representative, Academy member, Safer Care Victoria; Australia


Liat is a healthcare consumer representative and an Academy member with Safer Care Victoria’s Patient Safety Review Team, undertaking reviews into the safety of Victorian health services as well as complex adverse events. She also provides training to health services in incident review methodologies with a focus on just-culture, human-factors and systems-thinking.


Liat has worked with the Australian Commission for Safety & Quality in Healthcare in the development of the NSQHS standards, provided input into the development of Australia’s My Health Record, and has sat on various state and federal level working groups and committees.


She is a current sitting member on the Victorian Perioperative Consultative Council and has recently been appointed to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency’s Community Advisory Committee.
Prior to becoming involved in the healthcare sector Liat worked in stockbroking, human resources, and print media.