Kate Morrissey

Imagine that your closest relative is in cardiac arrest. They need urgent medical help. You call 999 and the ambulance crew arrive at your door – standing there with the skills, drugs, defibrillator that’s needed. Ready to administer life-saving CPR. But one of them is a former drug addict with 33 criminal convictions. They’ve lied, stolen and spent time in prison. Would you let them treat your mother? Your father? Your child? Kate Morrissey shares her most vulnerable moments in this brutally honest talk; confronting the divisive issue of rehabilitation and why we need to do better.

Do we truly believe in rehabilitation?

Imagine that your closest relative is in cardiac arrest. They need urgent medical help. You call 999 and the ambulance crew arrive at your door – standing there with the skills, drugs, defibrillator that’s needed. Ready to administer life-saving CPR. But one of them is a former drug addict with 33 criminal convictions. They’ve lied, stolen and spent time in prison. Would you let them treat your mother? Your father? Your child? Kate Morrissey shares her most vulnerable moments in this brutally honest talk; confronting the divisive issue of rehabilitation and why we need to do better.