We are really grateful to our Positive Practice in MH Awards Judges who give up their time for us every year.
Our judges come from a variety of backgrounds connected with the mental health field,and in 2017 include:-
Dr Lia Ali – Consultant Psychiatrist, SLAM NHS Foundation Trust; Sam Allen – Chief Executive, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Claire Andre – Clinical Police Liaison Lead, NTW NHS Foundation Trust; Laura- Louise Arundell – National Collaborating Centre for MH (NCCMH); Polly Ashmore – NHS England; Tom Ayers – Senior Associate Director, National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH);
Tom Banks; Simon Barber- Chief Executive, NWBoroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Judith Barnes – Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Jess Barrett – National Collaborating Centre for MH (NCCMH); Luciana Berger MP; Dr Gita Bhutani – Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust; David Bradley – Chief Executive, South West London and St Georges NHS Foundation Trust; Mark Bradshaw; Ali Brabban – NHS England; Dr Andy Brittlebank – Medical Director, Cumbria Partnership NHS Trust; Rachel Bryant-Waugh; Robert Buckland MP; Richard Bulmer – Service Director, Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust; Anna Burhouse;
Tom Cahill – Chief Executive, Herts. Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Kate Carney – You in Mind; Richard Caulfield; Kathy Chapman; Dr Phil Cooper MBE – Nurse Consultant Dual Diagnosis, NW Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Dr Nathan Cope – Otsuka Healthcare Solutions; Michael Crilly – Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Sheena Cumiskey – Chief Executive, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust;
Elaine Darbyshire – Director of Communications, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Phillip Davies MP; Ruth Davies – NHS England; Barry Day – Director of Operations, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust; Rachel Dewar – Head of Community Services Clinical Network and East Locality, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Paul Draycott – Director, North Staffs Combined Healthcare NHS Trust; Sean Duggan – Chief Executive, The Mental Health Network; Sarah Dunsdon – NHS England; Liz Durrant – Director, Certitude;
Dr Navina Evans – Chief Executive, East London NHS Foundation Trust;
Norah Flood – NW Boroughs NHS Foundation Trust;
Caroline Gadd – Otsuka Healthcare Solutions; Vanessa Garrity – Director, Sociable Angels Health Consultancy; Julie Gaze – Deputy Chief Executive, Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Stewart Gee – NHS Programme Director, NTW NHS Foundation Trust; Simon Gilby – Chief Executive, Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust; Debra Gilderdale – Assistant Director, Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust; Jackie Gough – Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Helen Greatorex – Chief Executive, Kent and Medway NHS Partnership Trust;
Xanthe Hannah – NHS England; James Harper – Head of Older People’s MH, Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust; Nick Hebden – Otsuka Healthcare Solutions; Becki Hemming – NHS England; John Heritage – NW Boroughs NHS Foundation Trust; Dr Christopher Hilton – Director, West London Mental Health NHS Trust; Sarah Holloway – Deputy Head – MH, NHS England; Anne Humphreys – PACT;
Kevin James – ImROC Project Partner & Peer Lead NSFT Recovery Project; Ursula James – National Programme Manager for IAPT, NHS England; Bec Jasper – PACT; Paul Jebb – University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust; Lisa Johnson – Sheffield Heath & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust; Steve Jones – NHS England;
Viral Kantaria – MH Clinical Policy and Strategy Team, NHS England; Paul Keedwell – Director of Nursing, Devon Partnership NHS Trust; Brent Kilmurray – Chief Operating Office, TEWV NHS Foundation Trust;
Dr Alex Langford; John Lawlor – Chief Executive, NTW NHS Foundation Trust; Sheila Laws – Expert by Experience; Anna Lewis;
Rebecca Mace – Mental Health Nurse, Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Helen Mackay – Chief Executive, Mental Health Matters; Dr Andy Mayers; Marsha McAdam; Cath McClellan – Halton CCG; Sonia McGough – Mental Health Matters; Angela McNab – Chief Executive, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust; Dr Pete Miller – Chief Executive Leicestershire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Wendy Minhinnett – Success North East; James Morris MP; Dr Angela Moulson – Bradford and Airedale CCG; Dr Sara Munro – Chief Executive, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust;
Emma Nazurally – Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust; Maria Nelligan – Director, North Staffs Combined NHS Trust; Dr Dorothy Newton;
Vanessa Odlin – Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Anne O’Herlihy – NHS England; Adele Owen – Force Tactical MH Lead, Greater Manchester Police;
Michelle Place – NHS England; Tom Pollard; Sergeant Richie Poole – Devon and Cornwall Police; Bobby Pratap – NHS England; Kathryn Pugh – NHS England;
Stefanie Radford – NHS England; Joe Rafferty – Chief Executive, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Maureen Raine – TEWV NHS Foundation Trust; Tracey Robinson – NHS England; Tony Russell; Angie Russell;
Dr Trudi Seneviratne – South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Amy Shaw – Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Dr David Shiers; Julie Sheen – Chester PLUS; Kim Shutler-Jones – The Cellar Trust, Bradford; Dr Mima Simic – Joint Head of Specialist CAMHS Eating Disorders Unit, SLAM NHS Foundation Trust; Jen Smith; Nick Smith; David Somerfield – Deputy Chief Executive/Medical Director – Devon Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Dr Geraldine Strathdee OBE; Jane Street – Associate Director for Psychology and Psychotherapies, South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Dave Sweeney – Director of Transformation, NHS Halton CCG; Sally Sykes – Director of Communications, West London MH Health NHS Trust; Sue Sylvester – NHS England; Jim Symington, Director Symington-Tinto Health and Social Care Consultancy;
Kevan Taylor – Chief Executive, Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Trust; Anna Marie Thompson – Student MH Nurse; Amanda Thornton – Lancashire Care HS Foundation Trust; Professor Heather Tierney-Moore OBE – Chief Executive, Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust; Dr Emma Tiffin; Dr Bill Tiplady – Consultant Psychologist, CNWL NHS Foundation Trust; Michelle Trainer – TEWV NHS Foundation Trust; Anne Marie Trevelyan MP; Mark Trewin – Bradford Council; Derek Twigg MP; Professor Andre Tylee;
Andrew Van Doorn;
Charles Walker MP; Leanne Walker – Expert by Experience; Melanie Walker – Chief Executive, Devon Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Ellie Walsh – Navigo; Jenny Walsh – Southern Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Rob Walton – Managing Director, Wispa Public Affairs; Helen Whateley MP; John Woodcock MP; Dr James Woollard – NHS England; Professor Til Wykes;