About us
Executive committee
| Member | Year of joining | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Annabel Price | 2021 (E) | Chair |
| Dr Alexander Thomson | 2021 (E) | Vice Chair |
| Prof. Tayyeb Tahir | 2019 (E) | Financial Officer |
| Dr Chloe Beale | 2021 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Mayurkumar Bodani | 2019 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Jim Bolton | 2021 (C) | Immediate Past Chair |
| Dr Sarah Brown | 2021 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Gemma Buston | 2022 (C) | PTC Rep |
| Dr Janet Butler | 2019 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Peter Byrne | 2017 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Sanjukta Das | 2021 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Sarah Eales | 2015 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Renata Fialho | 2022 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Ruth Garcia Rodriguez | 2022 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Jennifer Gilligan | 2022 (C) | SAS Doctor Representative |
| Dr Ayman Guirguis | 2019 (E) | Committee Member |
| Mr Shaun Hare | 2021 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Adam Hickson | 2021 (C) | Sustainability Champion |
| Dr Mutaz Hussain | 2021 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Mohamed Ibrahim | 2022 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Akhtar Khan | 2022 (C) | Wales |
| Dr William Lee | 2017 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Emma Leighton | 2021 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Deon Louw | 2022 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Katherine Martin | 2020 (C) | Committee Member |
| Ms Emma McAllister | 2017 (A) | Patient/Carer Representative |
| Dr Isabel McMullen | 2021 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Joanne Minay | 2012 (C) | Northern Ireland |
| Dr Nida Munawar | 2022 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Ross Overshott | 2021 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Maria Paz Timiraos | 2022 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Emma Phillips | 2020 (C) | Equality Champion |
| Dr Parashar Ramanuj | 2019 (E) | Committee Member |
| Ms Rebecca Ramsey | 2021 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Amrit Sachar | 2021 (E) | Equality Champion |
| Dr Elizabeth Sampson | 2021 (E) | Committee Member |
| Ms Janet Seale | 2023 (A) | Carers Representative |
| Dr Prakash Shankar | 2020 (C) | Scotland |
| Dr Abhijeeth Shetty | 2021 (C) | SAC Chair |
| Dr Murray Smith | 2021 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Geraldine Swift | 2017 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Birgit Westphal | 2019 (E) | Committee Member |
Informal discussions between interested clinicians took place in the early 1980s and a consensus emerged that liaison psychiatry would be best served by establishing a group within the College.
A preliminary meeting was held during the College quarterly meeting in Oxford in 1983 followed by a further meeting during the AGM in Edinburgh in 1984. The College then agreed to recognise liaison psychiatry as a special interest group and it became a faculty in 1997.
Liaison psychiatry is a GMC recognised subspecialty of general adult and old age psychiatry.
The paediatric liaison network is an international group of child and adolescent psychiatrists who work with paediatric staff. We discuss clinical and non-clinical issues, particularly policy and the promotion of mental health in paediatric practice.
We meet in conferences in various UK locations twice a year.
If you are interested in joining, please email us.
Sign in to the members' section to join our faculty or update your details.