Kathryn Turner


Kathryn Turner,Executive Director, Metro North Mental Health; Australia


Executive Director, Metro North Mental Health; Australia


Dr Kathryn Turner is a Psychiatrist and Executive Director of Metro North Mental Health, a large Mental Health. Alcohol and Other Drug Service in Brisbane, Australia. She has had a longstanding interest in education, training, and continuous improvement of quality and safety in healthcare systems, evaluation, and a focus on culture in the workplace. Dr Turner has been involved in design and implementation of Suicide Prevention frameworks and pathways in her previous and current service and implemented a Restorative Just and Learning Culture framework into the service, providing support for consumers, carers, clinicians and the organization to heal, learn and improve following the loss of a consumer to suicide.