2023 Nursing Event Series

Equitable access to health care is a key indicator of safety and quality of care and is fundamental to the performance of our health system. Nurses work at the intersections between primary, community and the acute health services and therefore play an important role in navigating timely access and advocating for system improvements that meet the needs of all people seeking health care.

This year the Department of Nursing, The University of Melbourne and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre are proud to co-host a public event series that will explore the concept of equitable health care and the critical role that nurses play in closing the equity gap.

Each event will be followed by canapés, drinks, and networking. Students are welcomed and encouraged to attend.

Our four-part series aims to:

1. Explore the design, implementation, and evaluation of nurse-led models of care that address equity of access to health care for vulnerable populations,

2. Consider strategies to optimise nurses’ scope of practice to enable better access to healthcare

3. Foster networking and collaboration among clinicians, researchers and students with an interest in health services research focussed on advancing equity of access to healthcare.

About this event:

Associate Professor Jacqui Richmond - 'Lifting the invisibility cloak: the importance of nurses in efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030’

Associate Professor Jacqui Richmond has worked in the viral hepatitis sector for 25 years in nursing, education, social and health services research, and policy development roles. Jacqui is a registered nurse and completed a PhD in 2006. She currently works at the Burnet Institute as the Workforce Development and Health Service Delivery Program Manager for the Eliminate hepatitis C (EC) Australia partnership. The broad focus of Jacqui’s work is building the capacity of the health workforce to test, treat and manage the health care needs of people living with viral hepatitis.