About the Forensic Psychiatry Faculty
Forensic psychiatry covers areas such as the assessment and treatment of mentally disordered offenders, investigation of complex relationships between mental disorder and criminal behaviour, and working with criminal justice agencies to support patients and protection of the public.
Its purpose is to provide leadership in the care and treatment of mentally disordered offenders and others needing similar services, including risk assessment and management and the prevention of further harm. Achievement of this requires a consistently high standard of both multidisciplinary and inter-agency working.
Forensic psychiatrists work side by side with others including the police, probation service, courts, Crown Prosecution Service, and prisons.
Executive committee
| Member | Year of joining | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Sandeep Mathews | 2024 (E) | Chair |
| Dr Josanne Holloway | 2024 (C) | Vice Chair |
| Prof. Pamela Taylor | 2024 (E) | Vice Chair |
| Dr Helen Whitworth | 2022 (E) | Financial Officer |
| Dr Alexis Acosta Armas | 2022 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Pankaj Agarwal | 2021 (A) | Equality Champion |
| Dr Anis Ahmed | 2024 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Hasanen Al-Taiar | 2022 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Helena Austin | 2023 (A) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Olusola Awonogun | 2022 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Christian Brown | 2024 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Johanna Brown | 2021 (EX) | Committee Member |
| Dr David Burke | 2021 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Dan Cleall | 2024 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Kenneth Courtenay | 2022 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Owen Davies | 2020 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Steffan Davies | 2017 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Jude Deacon | 2020 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Mayura Deshpande | 2020 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Adrian East | 2023 (EX) | Northern Ireland |
| Ms Sheena Foster | 2020 (A) | Committee Member |
| Dr Heidi Hales | 2023 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Fiona Hynes | 2023 (EX) | SAC Chair |
| Dr Miranda Maddock | 2024 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Craig Marsh | 2021 (EX) | Committee Member |
| Dr Chitra Nagaraj | 2023 (A) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Boris Pinto | 2020 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Imran Piracha | 2022 | Regional Representative |
| Dr Victoria Robinson | 2023 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Callum Ross | 2022 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Samir Srivastava | 2021 | Regional Representative |
| Dr Shaji Sukumaran | 2020 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Victoria Thom | 2022 (A) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Matthew Tovey | 2024 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Cleo Van Velsen | 2024 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Dawn Washington | 2021 (C) | Sustainability Champion |
| Dr Tom Wynne | 2018 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Ian Yanson | 2020 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Helen Youngman | 2022 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Elizabeth Zachariah | 2024 (C) | Committee Member |
- The committee meets three times a year in London.
- See job descriptions of committee members (Chair, Vice Chair, Financial Officer and elected member)
- Service users and carers are represented on the committee
- Regional representatives are invited to attend committee meetings.
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