Violet Platt

Violet Platt is director of nursing of the WA Cancer & Palliative Care Network and adjunct associate professor at the University of Notre Dame. She leads a statewide team of cancer nurse coordinators and cancer nurses and represents cancer services and nursing on many national committees. Ms Platt has worked in cancer care since 1985 training at Christie Hospital in the UK. She established several nurse-led oncology and palliative care services before becoming lead cancer nurse on the Isle of Man. When she emigrated to Australia in 2003, she managed the Medical Oncology Department at Sir Charles Gardner Hospital and was the nursing representative on the Western Australia Cancer Taskforce.