Patrick Gould

Patrick is a Mental Health Nurse who took an interest in immunisation before the pandemic by running drop in influenza vaccine clinics in an inpatient mental health service. During the pandemic, Patrick used his experience from running the influenza clinics to rapidly set up a co-designed COVID-19 vaccine clinic to improve vaccine equity for people who access mental health services, who experience a wide range of barriers in accessing conventional vaccination services. The clinic has since been funded as a pilot, and to expand to two more sites and covering all vaccines. Patrick is currently on a research scholarship working with the NSW Ministry of Health InforMH team to analyse data around vaccine equity for mental health service users. Patrick is also mid-way through completing a research Master’s degree on vaccine equity in people with severe mental illness.