North West School of Psychiatry

 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

Email: raghupathy.paranthaman@gmmh.nhs.uk

Site: Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust 

 

 

 

Associate Head of School

 

 


Dr John Stevens

Email: john.stevens@merseycare.nhs.uk

Site: Mersey Care 

 

Programme Support Team

 

 

Natalie Dawson, Programme Support Manager

england.psychiatry.nw@nhs.net

0151 479 2506

NHS England                                      

1st Floor, Regatta Place,

Liverpool

L3 4BL

Sally Rylands, Programme Support Coordinator

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 Shujah Khan Lancashire and South Cumbria ST Representative
Dr Thomas Fyall Lancashire and South Cumbria 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
Dr Andrew Hill Lancashire and South Cumbria 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 (NW)
Dr Manar Shaheen Equality and Diversity Representative (Mersey)
Dr Laiba Khalid Equality and Diversity Representative (Core)

 

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 Documents and contact details for the team are now available on our website here: 

https://www.nwpgmd.nhs.uk/supported-return-to-training

https://www.nwpgmd.nhs.uk/supportt-contacts

 

If you are a trainee returning to work and breastfeeding, complete the breastfeeding risk assessment with guidance documented before return to work: “Risk Assessment New and Expectant Mother’s Form, Breastfeeding Section 6” with the link https://leademployer.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/online-forms.

 

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

 

Silver Guide

 

Upcoming Train The Trainer Event 26/03/2024:

 

Register for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vc-Cqpj4tGt0Ed236DF4KvdRQlfck_APH