About us
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 Josanne Holloway | 2020 (E) | Chair |
| Dr Jeremy Kenney-Herbert | 2020 (E) | Vice Chair |
| Dr Helen Whitworth | 2022 | Financial Officer |
| Dr Helen Youngman | 2022 | Financial Officer |
| Dr Alexis Acosta Armas | 2022 | Committee Member |
| Dr Pankaj Agarwal | 2021 (A) | Equality Champion |
| Mr Alain Aldridge | 2020 (A) | Committee Member |
| Dr Hasanen Al-Taiar | 2022 | Committee Member |
| Dr Olusola Awonogun | 2022 | Committee Member |
| Dr Fareed Bashir | 2018 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Harm Boer | 2015 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Trevor Broughton | 2020 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Christian Brown | 2019 (C) | Higher Trainee Representative |
| Dr David Burke | 2021 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Thomas Clark | 2018 (C) | SAC Chair |
| Dr Kenneth Courtenay | 2022 | Committee Member |
| Dr Ian Cumming | 2018 (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 Raman Deo | 2017 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Mayura Deshpande | 2020 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Paul Devine | 2020 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Liam Dodge | 2018 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Karen D'Silva | 2019 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Abebe Ejara | 2015 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Andrew Forrester | 2017 (C) | Committee Member |
| Ms Sheena Foster | 2020 (A) | Committee Member |
| Dr Lisa Gardiner | 2017 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Helen Henfrey | 2021 | PTC Rep |
| Dr Sarah Hewitt | 2020 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Richard Latham | 2018 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Marc Lyall | 2020 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Marc Lyall | 2020 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Deirdre MacManus | 2018 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Atif Mahmud | 2017 (C) | SAS Doctor Representative |
| Dr Beth Masterson | 2019 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Sandeep Mathews | 2022 | Committee Member |
| Dr Aideen O'Halloran | 2016 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Pradeep Pasupuleti | 2017 (C) | Scotland |
| Dr Boris Pinto | 2020 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Imran Piracha | 2022 | Regional Representative |
| Dr Ramneesh Puri | 2018 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Leah Riley | 2019 (C) | Higher Trainee Representative |
| Dr Louise Robinson | 2018 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Callum Ross | 2022 | Committee Member |
| Dr Samir Srivastava | 2021 | Regional Representative |
| Dr Shaji Sukumaran | 2020 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Prof. Pamela Taylor | 2020 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Matthew Tovey | 2020 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Dawn Washington | 2021 (C) | Sustainability Champion |
| Dr Oliver White | 2015 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Helen Whitworth | 2018 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Tom Wynne | 2018 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Jessica Yakeley | 2017 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Ian Yanson | 2020 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Elizabeth Zachariah | 2020 (E) | 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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