About us
The child and adolescent faculty promotes the mental wellbeing of young people and their families.
We contribute to, and draw from an established knowledge base to inform practice.
Our objectives are to:
- promote the training of medical students, doctors in training, and substantively employed psychiatrists
- act as a forum for the exchange of experience and research
- promote the developmental perspective, and the importance of family functioning in mental health within the wider college functions
- influence public policies in appropriate directions
- promote mental health awareness through working with the media and offering information directly to the public
- organise regular national conferences and local meetings to promote professional development, clinical education and peer networking opportunities.
Executive committee
| Member | Year of joining | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Bernadka Dubicka | 2017 (E) | Chair |
| Dr Jon Goldin | 2017 (E) | Vice Chair |
| Dr Alka Ahuja | 2017 (E) | Financial Officer |
| Dr Nicolette Adrian | 2016 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Cornelius Ani | 2015 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Sameer Awadalla | 2018 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Nicholas Barnes | 2018 (C) | Committee Member |
| Miss Zara Baxter | 2017 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Anupam Bhardwaj | 2017 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Aileen Blower | 2017 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Anna Boyce | 2016 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Debra Bradley | 2015 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Miss Tori Bullock | 2017 (C) | User/Carer Representative |
| Dr Elizabeth Cassidy | 2013 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Prathiba Chitsabesan | 2018 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Ann Collins | 2018 (C) | PTC Rep |
| Dr Sarah Curran | 2018 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Ananta Dave | 2015 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Virginia Davies | 2013 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Nicola Dawson | 2013 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Suyog Dhakras | 2017 (C) | SAC Chair |
| Dr Sukru Ercan | 2015 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Elizabeth Fellow-Smith | 2015 (C) | Committee Member |
| Prof. Tamsin Ford | 2015 (C) | Committee Member |
| Prof. David Foreman | 2015 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Nicole Fung | 2017 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Rajesh Gowda | 2017 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Muhammad Gul | 2015 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Amani Hassan | 2018 (C) | Wales |
| Dr Lee Hudson | 2018 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Nigel Hughes | 2017 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Shermin Imran | 2015 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Susan Jennings | 2015 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr David Kingsley | 2017 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Leopold Kroll | 2017 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Clare Lamb | 2018 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Elaine Lockhart | 2016 (C) | Scotland |
| Mrs Michelle Long | 2015 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Mark Lovell | 2017 (C) | Committee Member |
| Prof. Helen Minnis | 2017 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Shashi Muniswamy Govindaswamy | 2015 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Tessa Myatt | 2014 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Saeed Nazir | 2016 | Committee Member |
| Dr Guy Northover | 2016 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Lynne Oldman | 2015 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Priyanka Palimar | 2018 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Gabrielle Pendlebury | 2018 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Parthasarathy Pushparaja Sekaran | 2015 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr priya Rajyaguru | 2018 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Sandeep Ranote | 2015 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Madhava Rao | 2015 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Sarah Rawlinson | 2017 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Rafik Refaat | 2015 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Mark Rodgers | 2017 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Paramala Santosh | 2010 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Michael Shaw | 2010 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Louise Theodosiou | 2017 (C) | Committee Member |
| Mrs Toni Wakefield | 2017 (C) | Carers Representative |
| Dr David Williams | 2009 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Richard Wilson | 2015 (C) | Northern Ireland |
Regional representatives play a vital role for the college. Although our key role is to quality check the jobs advertised by NHS organisations, we also provide vital information to the college about local Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAHMS). We aim to meet three times a year through teleconferencing.
Regional representatives are also members of the faculty Executive Committee. We contribute to working groups and other work streams at a national level. It’s a valuable networking opportunity and we all receive one day training to enable us to undertake our roles.
Follow our lead, Saeed Nazir on Twitter.
Regional representatives are appointed by the geographical divisions of the College in England and devolved nations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and we're members of their local Executive, which gives us direct links with all the specialities.
There are 21 regional representatives including representatives from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Regional representative |
Division or devolved nation |
|
Dr Nicky Adrian |
London SW |
|
Dr Debra Bradley |
North Western |
|
Dr Mark Rodgers |
Northern Ireland |
|
Dr Anna Boyce and Dr Nicola Dawson |
Yorkshire |
|
Dr Muhammad Gul |
West Midlands |
|
Dr Shermin Imran |
North Western |
|
Dr Shashi Kiran |
North Eastern |
|
Vacancy |
London NW |
|
Dr Aileen Blower |
Scottish Division Vice Chair |
|
Dr Anupam Bhardwaj and Dr Nigel Hughes |
Eastern |
|
Dr Tessa Myatt |
Mersey |
|
Dr Saeed Nazir |
Trent, RR lead |
|
Dr Lynne Oldman |
Wessex |
|
Dr Paramala Santosh and Dr Sarah Curran |
London SE |
|
Dr Raj Sekaran and Dr Gabrielle Pendlebury |
London C & NE |
|
Dr Sameer Awadalla |
Wales |
|
Dr Sarah Rawlinson |
South West |
|
Dr Anna Boyce |
Northern and Yorkshire |
|
Dr Michael Wardell |
KSS |
|
Dr Guy Northover |
Oxford |
Subject |
Working group leads |
| Functional Problems Working Group |
Dr John Goldin |
| Dr Ananta Dave | |
| Dr Max Davie | |
| Facing the Future (FtF) Project | Dr Shashi Kiran |
| Building and sustaining specialist CAMHS to improve outcomes for children and young people (revision), CR182 |
Dr Andrew Hill-Smith |
| Dr Liz Fellow-Smith | |
| Dr Sandeep Ranote | |
| Safe Patient, High Quality Services: a guide to job descriptions and job plans for consultant psychiatrists (revision), CR174 | Dr Ananta Dave |
| Standards on the use of Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (England and Wales) (review), CR159 | Dr Liz Fellow-Smith |
| Child Abuse and Neglect: the role of mental health services, CR120 |
Dr Ananta Dave |
| Dr Mike Shaw | |
| Leadership competences for trainees. | Dr Refaat |
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