Dr Keri-Michelle Lodge
Specialty Registrar in the Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability and author of the British Journal of Psychiatry editorial on the need to remove intellectual disability from the remit of the Mental Health Act
Please note this event has changed format to a webinar.
Part 1 of the webinar is on Thursday 11 June at 3:30pm. Please book your place here.
Part 2 of the webinar is on Friday 12 June at 3:30pm. Please book your place here.
This event will give you an overview of how the Mental Health Act in England & Wales currently defines mental disorders in relation to intellectual disabilities and autism, including the implications of proposed changes.
Co-presented with experts in this field, key speaker includes Vicki Malcolm, Occupational Therapise of Opening Doors, a user-led organisation run by people with learning difficulties for people with learning difficulties.
Join us for an insightful discussion on the current best practices and gain a better understanding of the topic from a regulatory body's perspective.
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Specialty Registrar in the Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability and author of the British Journal of Psychiatry editorial on the need to remove intellectual disability from the remit of the Mental Health Act
Associate Dean, Royal College of Psychiatrists and Editor, Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability on the calculus of justice for people with developmental disabilities and offending behaviour
National Clinical Advisor on Learning Disability to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) on how to get regulation right
Dr Martin Bollard, President, Intellectual Disability Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Dr Keri-Michele Lodge, Intellectual Disability Psychiatry Consultant, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Regi Tharian Alexander, Associate Dean, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Editor, Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability
Ms Vicki Malcolm, Occupational Therapist, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust and Opening Doors, Norwich
Speaker TBC
Dr John Devapriam, National Clinical Advisor, Learning Disability Care Quality Commission, Medical Director, Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Dr Regi Tharian Alexander
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