Mental Health 2017 Speakers

Professor Tim Kendall
National Clinical Director for Mental Health
NHS England and NHS Improvement

Professor Tim Kendall is NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Mental health. He has been Director of the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health at the Royal College of Psychiatrists for 15 years and Visiting Professor at University College London for the last 8 years. Tim has also been Medical Director for 13 years and ...

Gregor Henderson
Director Wellbeing and Mental Health
Public Health England

Gregor is the National Lead for Wellbeing and Mental Health with Public Health England, a new national agency responsible for leading work nationally on improving the health and wellbeing of the population in England. Previously, Gregor was an adviser to the Department of Health, following his leadership of a public mental health programme for ...

Professor Dame Sue Bailey DBE
Chair
Children & Young Peoples Mental Health Coalition

Prof Dame Sue Bailey is Chair of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition. She is Honorary Professor of Mental Health Policy at the University of Central Lancashire; Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges; Senior Clinical Advisor for Mental Health at Health Education England; External Advisor to the Minister of Health ...

Dr Phil Moore
Chair - Mental Health Commissioners Network
NHS Clinical Commissioners

Dr Phil Moore , Deputy Chair (Clinical) at NHS Kingston CCG, is a long-standing and enthusiastic GP committed to transforming the NHS through the opportunities afforded by the new Health & Social Care Bill. He is a GP trainer and honorary teaching fellow at Imperial College. Locally he is CCG lead on education & training, appraisal, ...

Andy Bell
Deputy Chief Executive
Centre For Mental Health

Andy Bell has been with the Centre since 2002. Previously working for the King's Fund, he began as Director of Communications, becoming Deputy Chief Executive in 2009. He is a member of the Mental Health Policy Group and was chair of the Mental Health Alliance between 2006 and 2008. Andy has carried out research on the implementation of ...

Dr Alain Gregoire
Chair
Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA)

Dr Gregoire is founder and Chair of the Maternal Mental Health Alliance. He is a member of the NICE Guideline Development Group for Antenatal and Postnatal Mental Health, and has contributed to the development of policy, guidance and clinical services in the UK and abroad. He is determined to ensure that all women have access to care for their ...

Professor Lisa Bayliss-Pratt
Director of Nursing & Deputy Director of Education and Quality
Health Education England

Professor Lisa Bayliss-Pratt was appointed as Director of Nursing at Health Education England (HEE) in 2012 and in this role she is responsible for leading national policy, workforce planning, and multi-professional education and training commissioning for the non-medical healthcare workforce. She includes in her remit the role of Deputy Director ...

Mark Rowland
Chief Executive
The Mental Health Foundation

During her time at the Mental Health Foundation, Isabella has developed a range of research & service improvement projects. Upon joining the Foundation, she headed up our work in Scotland and worked extensively on Scottish mental health policy. Key areas of interest include later life; refugees and asylum seekers; and the role of the arts ...

Dr Quazi Haque
Executive Medical Director
Elysium Healthcare and Chair, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Quality Network Forensic Mental Health Services

Dr Quazi Haque is Executive Medical Director of Partnerships in Care and Chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Quality Network for Forensic Mental Health Services. Quazi is also an influential researcher and author with a particular interest in service design, quality systems and digital technologies. Quazi was recently shortlisted as ...

Sarah Bateup
Chief Clinical Officer
Ieso Digital Health

Sarah is a BABCP (British Association of Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapists) accredited cognitive behavioral therapist and supervisor and has delivered over 25,000 hours of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to people across the UK. Having worked for many years within the UK National Health Service (NHS) managing talking therapies ...

Lucy Nicholson
Marketing Campaign Manager
Home Group

Aaron Sefi
Director
XenZone

Aaron has managed and delivered online and face-to-face services across the UK for the past eight years. In this time, he has worked closely with many CCG and local authority commissioners to help shape models for integrated services that provide early help and support for emerging mental health problems. Aaron plays an active role on ...

Kerry Trinder
Head of Services for the Black Country
Change, Grow, Live (CGL)‎

Kerry has worked in substance misuse services for 15 years. Initially working within criminal justice services employed by West Midlands Police to deliver diversionary services within Police and custody suites: diverting service users out of criminal justice services and into treatment provision. Kerry went on to become the Programme Manager for ...

Professor Ilora Finlay
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
House of Lords

Ilora Gillian Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, FMedSci is a Welsh doctor, professor of palliative medicine, and an Independent Crossbench member of the House of Lords. She is a past president of the Royal Society of Medicine. She is a professor of palliative ...

Sarah Pickup OBE
Deputy Chief Executive
Local Government Association

Sarah Pickup is the Deputy Chief Executive of the Local Government Association (LGA). Sarah previously worked for Hertfordshire County Council as Deputy Chief Executive with responsibility for the full range of corporate services as well as being the county’s chief finance officer. Until her appointment to this role in May 2013, Sarah ...

Marcin Parakoyi
Consultant General adult and addiction Psychiatrist
Change, Grow, Live (CGL)‎

Dr Marcin Parakoyi is a consultant general adult and addictions psychiatrist. Marcin completed his core and high specialty training in the north-west, and holds a Master’s degree in the clinical and public health aspects of addiction from the Institute of Psychiatry. His main interests lie in dual diagnosis and the collaboration between ...

Patrick Neville
Strategic Development Director
Elysium healthcare

Patrick had worked in mental health for the last 34 years in both provider and senior commissioning roles, predominantly in secure and other specialised services. Patrick is currently Strategic Development Director for Elysium Healthcare. Elysium are partner providers in the Several phase one and two Networks within the New ...

Nick Reader
Sales Director
Medigold Health

Nick is an experienced and talented Sales Director. An early adopter, developer and innovator in the Absence Management market place. Helping to grow the Day One Absence Management Services industry from an initial idea 10 years ago to a multimillion pound industry today. An expert in Absence Management best practice. Delivering solid results ...

Alan Bradshaw
Associate Director of Mental Health
Medigold Health

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