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Appointed to the NHS England Framework Agreement for Mental Health Investigations
Autumn 2016 Appointed to the NHS England Framework Agreement for the Investigation of Deaths in Custody in London February 2021 Psychological Approaches CIC is one of a small number of companies appointed to the above Frameworks. We are delighted to be working in partnership with Hurley Group (an NHS partnership exclusively led by practicing GPs providing patient-centred care in London since 1969 ). We are a multi-disciplinary team of six highly experienced practitioners, and we adopt a whole team approach to our investigations. We specialise in taking a psychologically informed approach to understanding individuals and systems, and have particular expertise in relation to sexual and violent offending in the context of personality disorder as a primary diagnosis or co-morbid with mental illness. We welcome inquiries from mental health trusts, criminal justice & third sector agencies who may be seeking experienced independent support for internal inquiries. |
Independent investigations into serious incidents in health services in the NHS & in custody
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Meet the rest of the team
DR JULIA BLAZDELL
Julia brings the role of lived experience in investigating carer & service user perspectives |
DR DEBORAH BROOKE
Deborah is a consultant psychiatrist who brings expertise in co-morbid substance misuse & a special interest in child protection |
MR PAUL RALPH
Paul is an experienced social worker with management experience in service development and commissioning |
DR NISHMA SHAH
Nishma is a practicing General Practitioner and GP Partner and Medical Director of the Hurley Group. Her lead area is clinical governance; she is a trained case investigator and has experience in clinical harm reviews in primary care.
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