Winifred Raphael Memorial Lecture: Health Justice
19 Mar 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
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In this Winifred Raphael Memorial public lecture, Professor Anne Whittaker will explore the concept of health justice, why it is important, and how it can inform the ethics of care and research practice.
Professor Whittaker will draw on her own experience as a nurse researcher, practitioner and leader in the field of mental health and addictions to consider how to advance health justice and/or reduce health injustice. Opportunities and challenges for adopting and implementing health justice as a guiding principle in health and social care environments will be considered, alongside a ‘call to action’ for nurses to take a lead role in future health justice initiatives in clinical practice, health service delivery, education, and research. Lastly, Professor Whittaker will highlight how much of Winifred Raphael’s work was driven by a health justice agenda.
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Speaker: Emeritus Professor Anne Whittaker, University of Stirling
Anne is an Emeritus Professor of Nursing at the University of Stirling and a retired clinical academic in substance use and mental health research in NHS Lothian. Anne has over 40 years’ experience working in the Health Service, Social Services and Higher Education Institutions. She first qualified in Learning Disabilities nursing in Australia in 1983, then Mental Health nursing in Scotland in 1988, before undertaking further qualifications in alcohol & drug studies, community care and psychology. In 2008, she completed her clinical doctorate at the University of Dundee which examined the treatment and care of fathers with an opioid use disorder. From 2010-2025, Anne led a programme of interdisciplinary research with the aim of improving the care of marginalised individuals and families affected by substance use. Anne has grant income of over £6 million from funders such as the National Institute of Health Research, Chief Scientist Office and the Economic and Social Research Council and has been influential in translating research into practice using differing methods.
This event is kindly sponsored by the RCN Foundation.
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