About the Faculty of Liaison Psychiatry
Executive committee
| Member | Year of joining | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Alexander Thomson | 2023 (E) | Chair |
| Dr Elizabeth Sampson | 2023 (E) | Vice Chair |
| Dr Marc Mandell | 2023 (E) | Financial Officer |
| Dr Sherlie Arulanandam | 2024 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Chloe Beale | 2021 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Sanjukta Das | 2021 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Sarah Eales | 2015 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Renata Fialho | 2022 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Anna Fryer | 2023 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Margaret Gani-Ikilama | 2024 (C) | Equity Champion |
| Dr Ruth Garcia Rodriguez | 2022 (C) | Committee Member |
| Mr Shaun Hare | 2021 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Adam Hickson | 2021 (C) | Sustainability Champion |
| Dr Nicholas Holmes | 2024 (C) | PTC Rep |
| Dr Mutaz Hussain | 2021 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Mohamed Ibrahim | 2022 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Akhtar Khan | 2022 (C) | Wales |
| Dr William Lee | 2024 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Deon Louw | 2022 (C) | Committee Member |
| Ms Emma McAllister | 2017 (A) | Patient/Carer Representative |
| Dr Isabel McMullen | 2021 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr William Melton | 2024 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Joanne Minay | 2012 (C) | Northern Ireland |
| Dr Ashwin Moothedath Asok | 2024 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Nida Munawar | 2022 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Maria Paz Timiraos | 2022 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Sotirios Posporelis | 2023 (C) | SAC Chair |
| Dr Annabel Price | 2023 (C) | Immediate Past Chair |
| Ms Rebecca Ramsey | 2021 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Laurence Reed | 2023 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Amrit Sachar | 2021 (E) | Equity Champion |
| Ms Janet Seale | 2023 (A) | Carers Representative |
| Dr Prakash Shankar | 2024 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Sri Sira Mahalingappa | 2023 (E) | Committee Manager |
| Dr Murray Smith | 2021 (E) | Committee Member |
| Prof. Tayyeb Tahir | 2023 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Cathy Tran | 2023 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Birgit Westphal | 2023 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Maytal Wolfe | 2024 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Michael Yousif | 2023 (E) | Committee Member |
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.
PLN web resource
The paediatric liaison network has set up a web resource for clinical trainees interested in Paediatric Liaison Psychiatry.
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Message from Dr Nida Munawar, Chair of the TNCNAHP subcommittee of the RCPsych Liaison Faculty
I am the current Chair of the TNCNAHP subcommittee of the RCPsych Liaison Faculty. The subcommittee’s main role is organising the TNCNAHP Liaison conference year on year, providing a link into Faculty business for interested trainees, newly appointed consultants, nurses and AHPs and representing the voices of these groups in the Liaison Faculty executive committee. We are ably supported in the latter roles by nursing and psychology representatives who sit on the executive committee in their own right.
The subcommittee has two key posts (Chair and Secretary) whose holders are co-opted to the executive committee and are invited to attend the Faculty meetings three times per year. These post-holders will gain a valuable insight into national drivers, aims and stakeholders in Liaison Psychiatry, the workings of RCPsych College machinery, and will get to know the ‘superstars’ of Liaison Psychiatry in the UK. Each year a new Secretary is appointed, with last year’s Secretary moving into the Chair role, allowing post-holders two years to have this wonderful experience. During the time on the committee you get a lot of practical experience about how the College works and meet many inspiring clinicians.
We are looking for an enthusiastic volunteer who would like to join the subcommittee as TNCNAHP Secretary, and support in organising the TNCNAHP Liaison conferences over the next two years.
The post holder can be a psychiatry trainee (of any grade) with an interest in pursuing liaison psychiatry as a career, or a new consultant psychiatrist working in Liaison, or nurse or AHP who is currently working in a Liaison Psychiatry team in the UK.
If you would be interested in this I would encourage you to put your name forward by email to Emma George, telling us a bit about yourself and why you would like to take on this role (maximum 300 words).
If there is more than one volunteer we will hold a poll during the online conference and ask you to talk to the audience for two minutes giving them this information!
If you are interested in supporting the subcommittee with organising the conference without taking on the role of Secretary, we would also love to hear from you.
Dr Nida Munawar
Chair of the TNCNAHP subcommittee of the RCPsych Liaison Faculty