Sexual assault ward in the south western Sydney suburb of Liverpool, has been named after Liberal Sydney Anglican, Patricia Brennan

The Sexual Assault Unit at Liverpool Hospital has been renamed in honour of the late Dr Patricia Brennan AM, MBBS, M Forensic Med, PhD, who died in March this year.

After cutting her teeth on the misogyny she faced within the Sydney Anglican diocese, Patricia devoted her life to the fight for women's rights. She started work in the Liverpool Sexual Assault Unit in 1996 and was later appointed Medical Director of the Sydney South West Area Health Service Sexual Assault Services.