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 Peter Aitken | 2017 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Alice Ashby | 2019 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Dhruba Bagchi | 2017 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Chloe Beale | 2021 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Jim Bolton | 2021 (C) | Immediate Past Chair |
| Dr Sarah Brown | 2021 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Tania Bugelli | 2017 (C) | Wales |
| Dr Sarah Burlinson | 2019 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Janet Butler | 2019 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Peter Byrne | 2017 (C) | Committee Member |
| Miss Katherine Chartres | 2015 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Sanjukta Das | 2021 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Virginia Davies | 2020 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Deepa Deo | 2017 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Sarah Eales | 2015 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Lorna Fortune | 2020 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Ayman Guirguis | 2019 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Mutaz Hussain | 2021 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr William Lee | 2017 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Dearbhail Lewis | 2016 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Katherine Martin | 2020 (C) | Committee Member |
| Ms Emma McAllister | 2017 (C) | Patient/Carer Representative |
| Mr Stephen McCrimmon | 2017 (C) | Patient/Carer Representative |
| Dr Isabel McMullen | 2021 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Emma Phillips | 2020 (C) | Equality Champion |
| Dr Parashar Ramanuj | 2019 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Amrit Sachar | 2021 (E) | Equality Champion |
| Dr Elizabeth Sampson | 2021 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Christopher Schofield | 2015 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Abiram Selladurai | 2021 (A) | PTC Rep |
| Dr Prakash Shankar | 2020 (A) | Scotland |
| Dr Abhijeeth Shetty | 2021 (C) | SAC Chair |
| Dr Ankush Singhal | 2015 (RRO) | Regional Representative |
| Dr Murray Smith | 2021 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Luke Solomons | 2019 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Geraldine Swift | 2017 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Ajoy Thachil | 2018 (RRO) | Committee Member |
| Dr Birgit Westphal | 2019 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Maytal Wolfe | 2020 (C) | 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.