Dr Kathryn Turner

Dr Kathryn Turner is a Psychiatrist and Executive Director of Metro North Mental Health, which includes Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drug Services, and state-wide services including Forensic Mental Health. 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 where her publications have demonstrated significant positive outcomes of this work. Dr Turner 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. In 2018, she was awarded the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists’ Margaret Tobin Award for administrative psychiatry.