Experience

Priory Healthcare

• Mental Health Care
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Head of Psychology

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  Specialist inpatient mental health unit (part two and three of the Mental Health Act (England) Specialist inpatient mental health unit (part two and three of the Mental Health Act (England)



Mckenna Healthcare Consulting

• United Kingdom

• Mental Health Care Consultant Clinical Psychologist

  • Jan 2017 - Apr 2023

  Provide clinical and operational Board level advice and guidance for new start-up and established health care businesses as well as holding a caseload of active patients. I have founded many successful specialist healthcare facilities in the UK, working with venture capital, private capital and the NHS. I specialise in all major mental healthcare conditions. Have taken a specialist inpatient eating disorder service from inception, planning, building and full hospital registration with the CQC. As a Consultant Clinical Psychologist I am committed to continued 'face-to-face' work with complex patients/clients. Show less



The Chimneys Inpatient Eating Disorders Clinic

• Rougham, Suffolk UK

• Founder/Managing Director

  • Jun 2015 - Dec 2018

  Delivered all aspects of the development and hospital registration of a specialist inpatient facility. Negotiated the sale of the business to a National Specialist Care Provider in December 2018. Delivered all aspects of the development and hospital registration of a specialist inpatient facility. Negotiated the sale of the business to a National Specialist Care Provider in December 2018.



The Chimneys Eating Disorder Service

• Rougham

• Founder/Managing Director

  • Jun 2015 - Dec 2018



Care Principles ltd

• Suffolk/National

• Founding Director-Clinical and Operational

  • May 1997 - Jul 2008

  In 1997 I, with two fellow founding directors, founded Care Principles Ltd, a provider of specialist hospital inpatient treatment services to people with mental disorders and developmental disabilities. We began with 30 purpose-built beds at our first unit in Suffolk and finished in 2005 with over 350 beds in facilities across England, including specialist residential care provision. In 2007 I exited the company to pursue my career as a specialist clinical psychologist. Over the last few years, I and my family have been helping one of our daughters fight the battle against Anorexia Nervosa, a dangerous and pernicious eating disorder. We have seen that with the right range of treatments and a lot of support from dedicated eating disorder clinicians, recovery is possible. We are passionate about making a contribution to this battle and have dedicated our family, with the support of friends and colleagues, to help other women and men access the specialist inpatient support that is currently lacking in the UK today. Show less