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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 Chloe Beale | 2021 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Jim Bolton | 2021 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Janet Butler | 2023 (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 Anna Fryer | 2023 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Ruth Garcia Rodriguez | 2022 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Jennifer Gilligan | 2022 (C) | SAS Doctor Representative |
| 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 Deon Louw | 2022 (C) | Committee Member |
| Ms Emma McAllister | 2017 (A) | Patient/Carer Representative |
| Dr Isabel McMullen | 2021 (E) | 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 Sotirios Posporelis | 2023 (C) | SAC Chair |
| Dr Annabel Price | 2023 (C) | Immediate Past Chair |
| Dr Emily Rackley | 2023 (C) | PTC Rep |
| Ms Rebecca Ramsey | 2021 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Laurence Reed | 2023 (E) | Committee Member |
| Dr Amrit Sachar | 2021 (E) | Equality Champion |
| Ms Janet Seale | 2023 (A) | Carers Representative |
| Dr Prakash Shankar | 2020 (C) | Scotland |
| 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 | 2020 (C) | Committee Member |
| Dr Michael Yousif | 2023 (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.
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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