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Kate Jackson
NSW Ministry of Health
Kate Jackson is the Director, Older People’s Mental Health Policy Unit, Mental Health Branch, NSW Ministry of Health. Kate has been in this role since 2004 and has overseen the development and implementation of two statewide older people’s mental health service plans. She has been involved in leading a range of policy and program developments in older people’s mental health over this time, including the development of new models of care for community, inpatient and mental health-residential aged care partnership services, and statewide practice improvement initiatives in recovery-oriented practice and physical health of older people with mental illness.