Anne Williams
Executive Manager of Services
HealthWISE
Sessions
B3-Social Prescribing for Disaster Readiness and Recovery: A Preventive Approach to Community Wellbeing
12:10 PM - 12:30 PM Thu
Anne Williams is the Executive Manager of Services with HealthWISE. The Services team deliver a range of mental health, First Nations health, allied health, specialist outreach programs in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland.   Anne led the Recover Adapt Connect team during the life of the project. Anne’s background is in speech pathology and program management, and she is especially interested in the social determinants of health and preventing health problems in the early years and through education. Anne completed her Masters in primary health care and has been working towards increasing the capabilities of HealthWISE to participate and contribute to research opportunities.   Living and working in rural NSW, Anne is aware of the rural/urban health divide and the need to integrate services to improve health outcomes. Alongside her work with HealthWISE, Anne is active in the local community on the Narrabri Dementia Friendly Town Committee.