three occasions. I also served on the Royal College of Psychiatrists Perinatal Faculty Executive Committee between 2010 and 2014. In 2023 I was elected to Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. I currently provide medical leadership to a Community Mental Health Team dedicated to the care of patients with severe and complex psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, severe depressive disorder, generalised anxiety disorder and complex post-traumatic stress disorder. I cover a deprived area of North Sheffield, with a very diverse population which brings with it a lot of challenges and rewards at the same time. It is a chance to make a difference to the lives of some of the most vulnerable members of our society. I am an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Psychiatry at the University of Sheffield and an Examiner for the Royal College of Psychiatrists. I have a deep interest in medical education. I have written educational articles, book chapters for health professionals and delivered numerous educational lectures and seminars on Psychiatry to medical students and postgraduate specialists over the years. I have also co-authored original peer-reviewed scientific publications in Neuropsychiatry and presented research at international conferences in Hungary, Italy and the UK. I have been active in Medicolegal work since 2009. My Medicolegal work is managed by Parkhead Consultancy in Sheffield. As an expert witness, I specialise in the psychiatric aspects of clinical negligence, personal injury, fitness to practice, capacity assessment, family law, occupational stress and fitness to plead. As one of the leading Perinatal Psychiatric Expert Witnesses in the UK, I am regularly instructed on Perinatal Clinical negligence cases from across the country. I have a particular interest in birth trauma in all its manifestations. I am on the UK Register of Expert Witnesses and am accredited by the charity, Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA). I am also on the Clinical Expert Panels of the General Dental and General Pharmaceutical Councils in the UK. I have prepared over 800 medicolegal reports for claimants and defendants and given evidence in court. My current Claimant: Defendant split is 70:30, and I prepare an average of 12 reports a month. I have been a guest speaker at meetings organised by the legal community in recent years. This has included face-to-face seminars as well as webinars. I have presented on topics such as ‘Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after Childbirth’ and ‘Medicolegal Issues in Perinatal Psychiatric Injury’, the latter being delivered under the auspices of AvMA, in 2020. 15 United Kingdom
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