North West School of Psychiatry
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Welcome to the School of Psychiatry
The North West School of Psychiatry oversees postgraduate training in psychiatry across Merseyside, Cheshire, Lancashire and Greater Manchester. The School offers core psychiatry training, as well as higher training in six psychiatry specialties, with dual specialty training schemes available.
For further details about the programme, please visit the School’s website at https://nwschoolofpsychiatry.hee.nhs.uk/
Please note, if you have a query regarding National recruitment, you will need to contact the Recruitment team on psychiatryrecruitment.nw@hee.nhs.uk
Head of School
Dr Raghu Paranthaman
Associate Head of School
Dr John Stevens
Email: john.stevens@merseycare.nhs.uk
Site: Mersey Care
Programme Support Team
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Natalie Dawson, Programme Support Manager |
0151 479 2506 NHS England 1st Floor, Regatta Place, Liverpool L3 4BL |
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Sally Rylands, Programme Support Coordinator |
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Alex Cooper, Programme Support Administrator |
Training Programme Directors
| Specialty | Region | Area | TPD |
| Core | Mersey | Mersey Care | Dr Declan Hyland |
| Core | Mersey | Alder Hey and CWP | Dr Rachel Elvins |
| Core | Lancashire | East Lancs and Lancashire Cares | Dr Roshelle Ramkisson |
| Core | North West | GMMH | Dr Emily Mountain |
| Core | North West | MFT, Pennine Care and ACFs | Dr Seri Abraham |
| Specialty | Region | Area | TPD |
| Child and Adolescent | Joint | All of HEENW | Dr Neelo Aslam |
| General Psychiatry | Mersey | Cheshire and Mersey | Dr Nanda Dayalan |
| General Psychiatry | North West | Lancashire, Manchester | Dr Catrin Evans |
| Dr Tarun Khanna | |||
| Forensic Psychiatry | Mersey and North West | All of HEENW | Dr Simon Plunkett |
| Medical Psychotherapy | Joint | All of HEENW | swapna.kongara@lscft.nhs.uk |
| Old Age Psychiatry | Mersey | Cheshire and Mersey | Dr Anna Richman |
| Old Age Psychiatry | North West | Lancashire, Manchester | Dr Jay Palle |
| Psychiatry of Intellectual Disabilities | Joint | All of HEENW | Dr Mischa Mockett |
Trainee Representives
| Core Psychiatry | |
| Dr Andi Stanescu (interim until Feb 2024) | Greater Manchester CT Representative |
| Dr Sara Elsheikh | Lancashire CT Representative |
| Dr Faraaz Abulais | Mersey CT Representative |
| Higher Psychiatry | |
| Dr Catarina Rodrigues dos Santos | Greater Manchester ST Representative |
| Dr Saumya Singh | Greater Manchester ST Representative |
| Dr Laura Middleton | Mersey ST Representative |
| Forensic Psychiatry | |
| Dr Scott Broadhurst | North West Forensic ST Representative |
| CAMHS Psychiatry | |
| Dr Anna Hedges | North West CAMHS ST Representative |
| General Adult Psychiatry | |
| Dr Wajiha Zia | North West General Adult ST Representative |
| Dr Jonathon Whyler | Mersey General Adult ST Representative |
| Dr Zara Ahmed | Mersey General Adult ST Representative |
| Dr Lori Black | Mersey General Adult ST Representative |
| Dr Sehrish Shafiqe | General Adult ST Representative |
| Dr Emily Melling | Lancashire and South Cumbira ST Representative |
| Old Age Psychiatry | |
| Dr Abosede Adegbohum | Mersey Old Age ST Representative |
| Dr Rebecca Harris | Mersey Old Age ST Representative |
| Equality & Diversity | |
| Dr Samuya Singh | Equality and Diversity Representative |
Links for Support & Health & Wellbeing
If you are a trainee experiencing difficulties, please follow this link: https://www.nwpgmd.nhs.uk/tres
for further support information from the lead employer shared services
The updated NW SuppoRTT Guidance Document is now available on our website here: https://www.nwpgmd.nhs.uk/supportt-process
Please click on the following link for the Royal College of Psychiatrists 'Covid-19: Guidance for UK Psychiatric Trainees':
https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/about-us/responding-to-covid-19/covid-19-and-psychiatric-training
Links for curriculum queries
Curricula training and information