Governance
The ECTAS process is
governed by several staff and committees:
Advisory Group
The ECTAS Advisory Group
comprises of staff from the participating services and
representatives from service commissioning, professional bodies,
and other national organisations and those who represent the
service use perspectives. This group meets on an annual basis to
discuss and revise the ECTAS standards to reflect updated changes
to ECT practice and legislation.
The members and the organisations they represent are:
- Dr Chris Freeman (chair) - Royal College of
Psychiatrists
- Dr Maria Atkins - Royal College of
Psychiatrists (Wales)
- Peter Bestley - Service User Advisor
- Dr Godfrey Bwalya - Royal College of
Anaesthetists
- Vanessa Cameron - Chief Executive, Royal
College of Psychiatrists
- Alison Cobb - MIND
- Janie Cornish - Royal College of Nursing
- Derek Cragg - Service User Advisor
- Joanne Cresswell - ECT Lead Nurse /
ECTAS Programme Manager
- Emily Doncaster - ECTAS Deputy Programme
Manager
- Dr Adoni Gopalaswamy - Royal College of
Psychiatrists (England
- Dr Katherine Hayden - Royal College of
Psychiatrists (England)
- Ian Hulatt - Royal College of Nursing
- Dr Usman Khalid - Royal College of
Psychiatrists (England)
- Dr Declan McLoughlin - Royal College of
Psychiatrists (Ireland)
- Dr Rupert McShane - Royal College of
Psychiatrists (England)
- Geraldine Murphy - ECTAS Project Worker
- Dr Ray O'Toole - Royal College of
Psychiatrists (Ireland)
- Dr Ian Pennell - Royal College of
Psychiatrists (England)
- Dr Roshan Perera - Royal College of
Psychiatrists (England)
- Dr Noel Sheppard - Royal College of
Psychiatrists (Ireland)
- Dr Amanda Spencer - Royal College of
Anaesthetists
- Dr Simon Walker - Royal College of
Anaesthetists
- Dr Adrian Worrall - Head of Centre of Quality
Improvement, Royal College of Psychiatrists
Accreditation Committee
The ECTAS Accreditation Committee
makes recommendations about the accreditation status of each
service that is reviewed under the programme.
The members and the organisations they represent are:
- Dr Chris
Freeman (chair) - Royal College of
Psychiatrists
- Dr Elaine
Allsop - Royal College of Anaesthetists
- Joanne Cresswell
- ECT Lead Nurse / ECTAS Programme
Manager
- Anthony Deery -
Head of Mental Health Operations, Care Quality
Commission
- Emily Doncaster
- ECTAS Deputy Programme Manager
- Dr Andrew
Easton - Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Dr Jill Emerson
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Joanna Jackson
- ECT Lead Nurse
- Maureen
Longstaff - ECT Lead Nurse
- Geraldine
Murphy - ECTAS Project Worker
- Lois Sykes
- ECT Lead Nurse
- Dr Maree Wright
- Royal College of Anaesthetists
Royal College of Psychiatrists Special Committee for
Professional Practice and Ethics (SCPPE)
The SCPPE is the awarding body of
the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and all accreditation decisions
must be ratified by them before they can be awarded to member
services.
The ECTAS Team
ECTAS is co-ordinated daily by
Geraldine Murphy, the ECTAS Project Worker
and is helped by Emily Doncaster, ECTAS
Deputy Programme Manager.
Heading the ECTAS project is Joanne Cresswell,
ECTAS Programme Manager.
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