Dr Yasir Abbasi

M.B B.S, PG Cert, PG Dip, MRCPsych, CCT, EDPM

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Curriculum Vitae

Dr Yasir Abbasi

M.B B.S, PG Cert., PG Dip., MRCPsych, CCT, EDPM

Approved Under Section 12 (2),

Approved Clinician Status

Dr Yasir Abbasi

M.B B.S, PG Cert, PG Dip, MRCPsych, CCT, EDPM

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Personal Details

Name: Yasir Abbasi

Contact details: Brook Place

Orphan Drive, Tuebrook

Liverpool L6 7UN

Work Number: 015*-*******

Mobile No: 077********

E-mail: ac4ixt@r.postjobfree.com

ac4ixt@r.postjobfree.com

Nationality: British

DOB: 11th of January 1976

Qualifications

European Diploma in Pain Medicine (EDPM), European Pain Federation (EFiC), Madrid, Spain- April 2017

Post Graduate Certificate in Health Research, University of Leeds, Dec 2013 Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), General Adult &Substance Misuse Psychiatry, General Medical Council (UK) - August 2011 MRCPsych, The Royal College of Psychiatrists, London- Spring 2007 Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Psychiatry, University of Nottingham- July 2007

M.B B.S, Karachi, Pakistan, February 2001.

Professional Affiliations

General Medical Council (GMC) Full Registration with No: 6037015 licence to practice

Member of Medical Protection Society (MPS) Renewal in August 2017 No: 465542D

Dr Yasir Abbasi

M.B B.S, PG Cert, PG Dip, MRCPsych, CCT, EDPM

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Experience as Consultant Psychiatrist:

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool 07/07/2014 – to date Chief Medical Officer for Addictions Services

Clinical Lead for M- GIP

University of Liverpool -Honorary Senior Lecturer- 07/07/2014 – to date This is a full time post as a Chief Medical Officer for Addictions Services at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust providing services to the city of Liverpool and the town of Sefton & Southport. I am responsible for inpatients detoxification unit, outpatient clinics and dual diagnosis. I provide support and clinical supervision to a multidisciplinary team. I am also involved in teaching undergraduate medical students and post graduate psychiatry trainees. I was part of strong team which recently won a £12.4 million bid (over four years) to deliver integrated community drug and alcohol services at Sefton & Southport. I am responsible to manage service with an annual budget of £7.3 million and manage more than 120 staff providing leadership for continuous improvement and delivering efficient evidence based services. I report back our performance to Liverpool and Sefton commissioners in quarterly meetings. My responsibilities further include managing primary care and secondary care community drug & alcohol services, inpatient detoxification unit (17 beds in total), supervision of consultant psychiatrists, psychiatry trainees, non medical prescriber nurses and team mangers. I have been directly involved in and supervised writing prescribing and management protocol for our services. I have led a thorough review of our clinical and service delivery model to maximise efficiency and deliver lean cost effective care. I have developed clinical models and devised protocols and pathways for our services. I introduced the SERTS (Stabilisation, Engagement & Recovery and Transfer & Shared Care) Pathway for the Liverpool community drug services which not only streamlined services further but also delivered addiction services in a lean manner ensuring minimal disruption patient care. I am involved in teaching and research with the University of Liverpool. I am working in close collaboration with Public Health England (PHE-UK) to increase awareness about prescription drug addiction locally and nationally. I have a keen interest in painkiller dependence have academic and clinical expertise in managing complex clients. My role includes working with stakeholders in the city such as public health commissioners and negotiating service delivery with them. I led a campaign in the city of Liverpool to commence the Take Home Naloxone programme and successfully launched it in September 2017. International experience: I have been the lead in setting up a new and innovative Mersey Care Global Initiative Program (M-GIP) which aims to look at Mersey Care s role in international provision of clinical services delivery, health systems management and teaching & training opportunities. I was responsible for launching a free six months mental health “virtual training program delivered by our trust to clinicians in Mogadishu, Somalia via direct face to face video link teaching. In October 2016, I was invited for five days by the Ministry of Health and Prevention, United Arab Emirates as a visiting Consultant. This included visiting various sites, training staff and delivering patient care. Dr Yasir Abbasi

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Locum Consultant Psychiatrist Various NHS hospitals May to June 2014

I was a locum consultant at Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Partnership Trust and responsible for inpatients at a Psychiatry Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Adult Female ward.

Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust 08/08/2011 – 09/05/2014 Consultant Psychiatrist in Addictions & Leeds Addiction Unit & University of Leeds- Honorary Senior Lecturer 08/08/2011 – 09/05/2014 This was a full time permanent post based at the addiction unit at Leeds, an established centre in addictions for tertiary referrals, research, teaching and training. I undertook the responsibilities of being the clinical lead for the mental illness (dual diagnosis) team and provided clinical supervision and support to a multi disciplinary team comprised of a junior doctor, senior clinical psychologist, community psychiatric nurses and community support workers. I was involved in outpatient clinics at our unit and liaison clinics at the local mental health inpatient unit. I took part in independent research and also taught at the BHSc (Hons) Addiction Studies degree as well as the Master s course for core psychiatry trainees run under the aegis of University of Leeds. I had set-up a prescription drug addiction clinic at Leeds. This clinic was covered by the local press. I was also on the expert panel for the regional Public Health England initiative for addiction to prescribed medication.

Training Experience in Psychiatry:

North Trent Psychiatry Rotational Training Scheme - Yorkshire & Humber Deanery: Summary of experience- Higher Specialist Trainee: Speciality Registrar year 3 to 6 in; Clinical Supervisor Time period Substance Misuse Psychiatry(ST 6) Dr Fleur Ashby Aug 10- Aug 11 Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment(ST 5) Dr Adwaita Ghosh Aug 09- Aug 10 General Adult Psychiatry(ST4) Dr Simon Taylor Aug 08- Aug 09 Forensic Psychiatry(ST3) Dr Andrew Bowen Feb 08- Aug 08 Substance Misuse Psychiatry(ST 3) Dr Nick Seivewright Aug 07- Feb 08 Nottingham University Mid-Trent Psychiatry Rotational Training Scheme & Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust: Summary of experience- Basic Specialist Trainee:

Senior House officer in; Clinical Supervisor Time period Rehabilitation Psychiatry Dr Jane Tarrant Feb 07- Aug 07 Forensic Psychiatry-Rampton Hospital Dr Kim Page Aug 06- Feb 07 General Adult Psychiatry Dr Caroline Innes Feb 06- Aug 06 Child & Adolescent Psychiatry- CAMHS Dr Justin Schlicht Aug 05- Feb 06 General Adult Psychiatry Dr Alan Lee Feb 05- Aug 05 Psychiatry of Old Age Dr Jonathan Waite Aug 04- Feb 05 Dr Yasir Abbasi

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Clinical Experience as a Higher Specialist Trainee: Substance Misuse Psychiatry (ST 6):

I was involved in taking the lead and setting up a drug dual diagnosis clinic within the addiction services in Barnsley. I reviewed new drug dependent clients weekly in a clinic and visited patients with alcohol related problems to assess them at their homes. I was responsible for independently reviewing inpatients during the weekly ward round at the addiction inpatient unit. Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (ST 5):

My role was to do initial assessments, manage patients in the community, provide clinical support to the MDT, reviewing all patients on our caseload weekly, which in turn was supervised by the consultant. General Adult Psychiatry (ST 4):

I was responsible for inpatients, outpatients and community based patients. I did separate weekly ward rounds which were supervised by the consultant. I attended weekly community meetings at the CMHT. I was involved in three audit projects during the placement.

Previous Experiences:

Trust SHO, Lancashire Care NHS Trust, UK Feb 04- Aug 04 Project Medical Officer, Manora Mental Health Project, Department of Psychiatry, Hamdard University Hospital, Karachi- Pakistan Oct 01- Jun 03 House Officer, Hamdard University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, Sep 00-Sep 01 Special Interest Sessions as a higher trainee:

I have attended special interest session in PsychoSexual Medicine at Porterbrook clinic, Sheffield supervised by Professor Kevan Wylie. I was involved in outpatient clinics & observing psychosexual psychotherapy. (Aug

09 to Aug 10)

I was involved with the Liaison Psychiatry services provided to Chesterfield Royal Hospital by the mental health trust. This comprised of team of three SpR s & one nurse consultant supervised by Dr Mark Broadhurst. (Aug 08 to Aug 09)

I was part of the ECT team based at the Hartington Unit, Chesterfield Royal Hospital, supervised by Dr Gayle Jackson initially and Dr Mark Broadhurst later. I was also involved in the ECTAS audit and contributed towards a re- design of the consent form. (Aug 08 to Aug 09)

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Psychotherapy Experience:

I completed a 4 day motivational interviewing course at the Leeds Addiction Unit (LAU) in Feb- Mar 2011. We used this form of therapy regularly for our patients particularly at the initial assessment in Addictions Services I have conducted short term CBT for patients with OCD, Depressive disorders, Generalised anxiety and social anxiety disorders.

I have observed for a year fortnightly sessions of psychosexual psychotherapy at Porterbrook Psychosexual & Transgender Clinic, Sheffield. Management Experiences:

1. I am currently the Chief Medical Officer for Addictions services at Liverpool, Sefton and Southport which involves managing both inpatient and outpatient services and providing clinical leadership and strategic direction to improving services with innovative and lean ideas. My role involves working very close with the corporate division delivering the trust strategy of just culture and perfect care. During the past 2 years I have had the task to devise a business plan delivering a cost effective services in face of external reduction in funding. This involved developing new clinical models and pathways, encouraging staff and leading from the front and ensuring the service needs are met. I worked closely with finance and initiated a full service review that included cost benefit and social return on investment analysis, capacity and demand modeling, review of estates and developing a business model that would be resilient to future markets. Extensive budget planning and organisational change in collaboration with the finance and human resources department ensured that we met our deadlines and were able to deliver our services within the financial envelope. The quality of service is further evidenced through a recent Care Quality Commission inspection where addictions services were rated overall as Good We have also worked to explore innovative ways of income generation and have been able to secure extra funding for our Take Home Naloxone programme funded by Liverpool City Council, veterans detox programme funded by the Ministry of Defence, an innovative Hepatitis C project and inpatient beds bought by commissioners from outside our area. I am currently working with the Sefton Clinical Commissioning Group and the Pain Clinic at Walton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool to develop and integrated pathway for patients who have become addicted to painkillers which would includes elements of research and training as well. February 2015- to date

2. I am currently the Lead for Mersey Care s global initiative which involves managing a team of professionals to develop links with international organisations and discover efficient and collaborative ways of services delivery and service management. I have linked up with Health Care UK Dr Yasir Abbasi

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which works under the aegis of United Kingdom Trade and Industry department. I have presented for Health Care UK at the NHS Expo in Manchester in September 2016 at Manchester, UK with the CEO of our organisation. I have worked in collaboration with international partners have visited mental health services in Middle East delivering training and submitting service improvement recommendations. I report directly to the Executive Director and the Chief Executive officer of our Trust. October 2015-to date

3. I am the Chair of the North British Association of Addiction Professionals

(NBAAP) which holds bi-annual meeting and our organisations hosts it. Sept 2014 – to date

4. I am a founding trustee of a charity called Painkiller Addiction Information Network (PAIN) which works towards awareness and dispersing information around painkiller addiction. This charity was set up by a journalist who experienced painkiller addiction. I have been invited to the All Parties Parliamentary Group meeting at the British Parliament in London to present my views on behalf of the charity about this growing problem. www.painkillerfree.co.uk Jan 2015- to date 5. I was a member of the task force set up by Public Health England (PHE), Yorkshire and Humber region to address the issue of addiction to prescribed medications in the region. Nov 2013 – May 2014 6. I was the Co-Chair of the North East Specialist Addictions Group

(NESAG), and I am responsible for arranging peer group meeting for a wide variety of addiction specialists. June 2013 – May 2014 7. I was the lead for the dual diagnosis team, clinical governance (CG) group and the prescribing governance group (PG) at the Leeds Addiction Unit and liaise with the specialist service CG group in the trust. Sept 2011- May 2014

8. I had set- up a new prescription drug addiction clinic with existing resources which was covered by the local press.

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/leeds- addiction-danger-of-over-the-counter-pills-exclusive-1-4494096 April 2012 to May 2014

9. I was part of a team setting up a new alcohol liaison service in 2010 at Barnsley district general hospital. My role involved liaising with clinicians at the general hospital, presenting in their teaching sessions and in collaboration with the team manager and a senior alcohol nurse developing pathways of referral, initial assessment forms, prescribing protocols and information leaflets. We also worked on introducing the Paddington Alcohol Test (PAT) as a regular screening tool for patient being assessed in the Accidents & Emergency. Aug 2010 to Jul 2011 Dr Yasir Abbasi

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Posters and Presentations:

Poster Presentation: Society for the Study of Addictions (SSA), Annual Meeting, York, UK, November 2016. i) Survey of Opioid Analgesic Dependence Awareness amongst Mental Health Professionals ii) Hepatitis C service- progress with an integrated service

Oral Presentation: Conducted two workshops at the North West Division Conference of The Royal College of Psychiatrists at Manchester, UK, June 2016.

“Take the pain out of my pain killers- the problem and a patient’s journey” Oral Presentation: Speaker at European Opioid Addiction Treatment Association (EUROPAD) Conference at Leiden, Netherlands, May 2016. Towards best practice: trends in the management of opioid analgesic dependence.

Poster Presentation: Society for the Study of Addictions (SSA), Annual Meeting, York, UK, November 2015. i) Outcomes from Liverpool Community Alcohol Services (LCAS) ii) Peoples After Care Services iii) Hepatitis C service- a service evaluation

Oral Presentation: Speaker at Opioid Painkiller Dependence Conference at BMA House, London, September 2015.

Poster Presentation: Society for the Study of Addictions (SSA), Annual Meeting, York, UK, November 2013. i) A pilot prescription drug addiction clinic.

Poster presentations: Faculty of Addictions AGM, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Newcastle, UK, May 2013. Three posters presented i) Intensive support service for substance misuse patients ii) Retrospective outcomes evaluation of cannabis use iii) High BP during alcohol detoxification. Poster presentation: Faculty of Addictions AGM, Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, May 2011. “To ECG or not to ECG- A story of high dose methadone, other medications and prolonged QTc.

Oral Presentation: Christmas debate competition at Wathwood Medium Secure Hospital: “Calorie restriction can contain obesity.” I won the debate by one vote! Dec 09

Poster presentation: General Adult and Community AGM, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Cardiff- October 2009- “Documentation of physical examination on admission at Hartington Unit, Chesterfield”

Poster presentations: i) Royal College of Psychiatrists Annual Meeting June 2009, Liverpool and ii) Trent division AGM, October 2009, Rotherham- “I am Dr Yasir Abbasi

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gaining weight, get me out of here,” What happens to body mass index following admission to a medium secure unit?

Oral Presentation: Born to kill? Understanding antisocial behaviour and psychopathy. Department of Psychiatry, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. June 2009

Poster Presentation: Faculty of Addiction AGM, Royal College of Psychiatrist, Netherlands, May 2008. Survey of referrals to alcohol services- what really helps?

Prizes, Awards and Achievements:

I have been nominated as the “Psychiatric Communicator of the Year 2017” by The Royal College of Psychiatrist and will be attending their ceremony in November 2017.

I have been nominated by my current organisation to be part of the NHS Emerging Leadership Forum. April2016

Clinical Excellence Awards (CEAs) currently at Level 5 - April 2016

I was nominated and then won the “Doctor of the Year award” at Leeds http://yorkshirepost.newsprints.co.uk/view/26085416/jh11038jpg - Oct 2013

We were awarded the 3rd Prize for an academic poster at the Faculty of Addictions Meeting, The Royal College of Psychiatrist- May 2013 Research, Audits & Service Development

I was the clinical supervisor of a research being conducted as part of a clinician s PhD programme. It was a study looking at individuals who have become dependent on over the counter medicines. The study is based at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. July 2014- September 2016.

I was supervising a core trainee s Msc dissertation titled “A Retrospective Outcomes Evaluation of Cannabis Use at an Addictions Centre.” The data collection, analysis and write up have been completed. The preliminary results have been published as a poster at National conferences across UK and the final results were published as a scientific paper in a peer reviewed journal. Feb 2012- Dec 2014

I was an investigator for the CEQUEL study in Nottinghamshire area, immediately supervised by Dr Adwaita Ghosh. CEQUEL is a randomised clinical trial of treatment for bipolar depression which is comparing combination therapy with quetiapine plus lamotrigine and quetiapine monotherapy for treatment of bipolar depression. Bassetlaw Hospital, Aug

09 to Aug 10.

Audit of documentation of physical examination on admission to Hartington Unit, Chesterfield. Supervised by Dr Gayle Jackson. We completed the audit and presented it as a poster at a conference. Aug 08 to Jun 09. Dr Yasir Abbasi

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Audit of the Liaison Psychiatry services at Chesterfield Royal hospital. We presented this as a poster at a conference and was later published in a peer reviewed journal. Supervised by Dr Mark Broadhurst. Aug 08 to Aug 09.

I was involved in the data collection for the ECTAS audit at the local ECT department, Chesterfield Royal Hospital. Supervised by Dr Mark Broadhurst. Aug 08- Jan 09.

Service evaluation of weight gain at Wathwood medium secure hospital, Wath Upon Dearne. Supervised by Dr Darran Bloye. This was presented as a poster at a conference and was published as a paper in a peer reviewed journal. Aug 07 to Apr 09.

Cross-sectional survey of the quality of referral to substance misuse service from primary care- Sheffield, supervised by Dr Nicholas Seivewright. This was presented as a poster at a conference in Netherlands. Aug 07 to Feb 08 Publications

1. F. Alam, O. D'Agnone, D. Bremner, G. Tuckey, Y. Abbasi and R. Littlewood. Towards best practice: trends in the management of opioid analgesic dependence. Heroin Addict Relat Clin Probl. Vol. 19 N. N1 Feb 2017, 55 – 62.

2. Waqqas A. Khokhar, Simon L. Dein, Mohammed S. Qureshi, Imran Hameed Mohammed M. Ali, Yasir Abbasi Hasan Aman, Ruchit Sood. When taking medication may be a sin: dietary requirements and food laws in psychotropic prescribing. BJPsych Advances Nov 2015, 21 (6) 425-432.

3. Gil Kovac, Yasir Abbasi, David Owens, (2015) A retrospective outcomes evaluation of cannabis use at an addictions center, Drugs and Alcohol Today, Vol. 15 Iss: 1, pp.2 – 8.

4. Abbasi Y & Omrani A. Mental health Problems: Journey from Baghdad to Europe International Psychiatry. Volume 10, No. 4, November 2013, 100- 101.

5. Adejoke Obirenjeyi Oluyase, Duncan Raistrick, Yasir Abbasi, Veronica Dale, Charlie Lloyd, (2013) A study of the psychotropic prescriptions of people attending an addiction service in England, Advances in Dual Diagnosis, Vol. 6 Iss: 2, 54-65.

6. Letter in Newspaper: Cannabis- the cycle of dependency- published on 27th of November 2012.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/letters/letters-cannabis--the-cycle-of- dependency-8360643.html

7. Abbasi Y, Bowley S, Matta S, Bloye Darran. What happens to body mass index in a medium secure unit? A four year service evaluation. Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Research and Practice. 2011, 31-40 8. Abbasi Y, Broadhurst M, Johnston A, Vishwanath S. A cost-effective service provision model also meets the educational and training needs of higher trainees in psychiatry. Journal of Mental Health Education Training and Practice. 2011, Volume 6, No. 3, 150-58.

9. Wylie K, Wood A, Abbasi Y. Challenges of the sexual health of the elderly in Europe. Entre Nous, World Health Organisation 2011, 17, 16- 17.

10. Abbasi Y, Wylie K, Tomlinson J, Jackson G. Sex and growing older- Advice for older men. Feb 2011. Information booklet for the sexual advice association, available on: http://www.sda.uk.net/advice.php 11. Abbasi Y, Kohkar W, Ali MM. Chronic fatigue syndrome. What do we know about its etiology and treatment? Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 2010, 7, 17-27 12. Letter- Abbasi Y. Improving physical health monitoring in psychiatry- change we need? The Psychiatrist, April 2010, doi: 10.1192/pb.34.5.210a 13. Abbasi Y & Dale E. Mental Capacity: Is it important in our daily practice? Journal of Pakistan Medical Association. 2010 Jan; 60(1):66-7. PMID: 20055287

14. Abbasi Y. Tier 1 (General) point Based immigration . BMJ Career Focus, 4th July 2009.

15. Abbasi Y, Khan KH. Forensic psychiatry--is there a role of psychiatric services in Pakistani prisons? J Pak Med Assoc. 2009 Feb; 59(2):116-8. PMID: 19260580

16. Abbasi Y. Mental health ordinance 2001--is it really being used? J Pak Med Assoc. 2008 Oct; 58(10):578-80. PMID: 189*****-**. Abbasi YI, Gadit AA. Accepting gifts from patients: how ethical can this be in the local context? J Pak Med Assoc. 2008 May; 58(5):281-2. Review. PMID: 18655412

18. Abbasi Y, Rele R. I am a doctor and an addict- What happens next. BMJ Career Focus. 3 November 2007

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19. Abbasi Y. The Highly Skilled Migrant Programme . BMJ Career Focus, May 2007; 334:159-160

20. Letter- Abbasi Y. Tremors within the health system . International Psychiatry, January 2007; Vol.4, Number 1; 25.

21. Letter: Abbasi Y. Career as a British trainee Psychiatrist . BMJ Careers 2006; 333: 166

Teaching Experience

I have been appointed as an examiner by the General Medical Council, UK for the Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) part 2 examinations. I have contributed directly to the curriculum development and examination papers for the European Diploma in Pain Medicine conducted by the European Pain Federation (EfiC). I was also an examiner for their exam conducted in April 2017 held at Madrid, Spain. I continue to be on their panel of examiners. We have set up a dynamic and innovative international e-learning training module delivered free of cost from Mersey Care NHS Trust to Habeb Mental Health Foundation in Mogadishu, Somalia. This included live lectures via web based audio/video link and using an online web tool to disseminate resources. This was within the remit of my role at M-GIP

I have been invited to speak on Opioid Analgesia Dependence by a variety of organizations and institutes all over England, Germany and Bosnia & Herzegovina.

I have arranged evening seminars on Opioid Analgesic Dependence for a wide variety of clinicians- first event took place in Manchester, 29th of January 2015. I am a certified International OPEN (Opioid Analgesic Dependence Education Nexus) Mentor which empowers me to provide leadership and guidance in the education of others on expert and experience-based best practice in the treatment of opioid analgesic dependence. Sept 2014- to date I supervise senior nurses who want to become as part of their training Non Medical Prescribers (NMP) - Sept 2014- to date

I am currently an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Liverpool. I am involved in teaching undergraduate medical students at the University of Liverpool and post graduate psychiatric trainee at Mersey Care NHS Trust - Sept 2014- to date

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I was the clinical supervisor for a pharmacy student pursuing a PhD from the University of York, UK. Her area of interest is appropriateness of psychotropic prescribing- Feb 2012- April 2014

I was one of the tutors for a level 2 dual diagnosis course based on the department of health dual diagnosis competency framework, delivered to 120 addiction workers at the city of Leeds commissioned by Local Authority- 2013 I was one of the tutors for the dual diagnosis module which is part of a graduate degree (BHSc) in addiction studies awarded by the University of Leeds. I also taught at the Masters in Clinical Psychiatry degree offered by the same University to the psychiatric trainees on our training rotation. August 2011 - to May 2014

Dual Diagnosis- Primary care educational meeting for general practitioners at Wombwell medical practice, Barnsley- July 2011.

Alcohol dependence and detoxification- Primary care educational meeting for general practitioners at Wombwell medical practice, Barnsley- April 2011. Lecture on Psychiatric Emergencies for GP trainees at the North Nottinghamshire Vocational Training Scheme teaching session at Bassetlaw Hospital, Worksop- May 2010.

I conducted the interview skills session for phase 3a undergraduate student doctors at the University of Sheffield- The Longley Centre, Sheffield- April 2009.

Medico-legal & Court Reports:

As a Consultant Psychiatrist- I have been involved in preparing court reports for patients appearing in courts for family proceedings. I have expertise in the areas of addictions (drug or alcohol), anxiety disorders, psychosis, affective disorders and dependence on prescribed medications.

As a Psychiatric Trainee- I have prepared court reports under supervision for patients in Rampton High Secure and Wathwood Medium Secure Units. I have also prepared and presented numerous reports at Mental Health Review Tribunals.

Media Work:

Our services were highlight and I appeared on the BBC Newsnight programme in January 2017 to discuss about Take Home Naloxone.

I appeared live at Victoria Darbyshire show on BBC 2 in September 2016 to highlight issues around Painkiller dependence

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I was interviewed by the BBC World service on 6th of October 2015 on our collaborative e-training work with Habeb Mental Health Foundation, Mogadishu, Somalia.

I was involved in a few radio interviews on 22nd of September 2015 when it was the first Opioid Painkiller Dependence awareness day

I have appeared on three Live TV shows (latest on 9/9/2015) arranged by Community Reach (Charity) and sponsored by North Manchester CCG on DM Digital TV (British Asian Channel- Sky 799) to target ethnic minority patients and increase awareness around mental health problems.

I have been invited to express my expert opinion on BBC Radio Five Live about the association of skunk and psychosis.

I have had letters published in UK national newspapers addressing issues around addictions.

I have also done a few radio interviews and programmes highlighting the hazards of addiction for a local Asian FM station in Leeds.

The Leeds Polypharmacy Clinic was covered by BBC News Look North on the 20th of December 2013; I had the opportunity to talk about this issue.

I have also talked about the issue of minimum unit pricing for alcohol at BBC Radio Leeds morning show.

Career Aims

The areas I am interested in include strategic organisational development, medical leadership, dual diagnosis and dependence on prescribed medication. I would like to be involved in psychiatry related print media work in the future as well.

Hobbies

I had completed a college course at

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