Dr Siobhan Gee appointed co-clinical director of Mind & Body Programme at King’s Health Partners
Dr Siobhan Gee has been appointed co-clinical director of the Mind & Body Programme at King’s Health Partners.
Siobhan brings valuable experience from her existing clinical roles as a consultant pharmacist and interim deputy director of pharmacy at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. She has more than a decade of experience working with psychiatric liaison teams and providing clinical advice on the management of psychotropic medication in patients who are physically unwell. This comes alongside experience as an honorary senior lecturer for the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine at King's College London.
The mind and body are inseparable, and mental and physical health conditions are often connected. Integrating mental and physical healthcare services has the potential to vastly improve the care that our patients receive.
King’s Health Partners’ Mind & Body Programme is committed to delivering excellent mental and physical healthcare, research and education so that we can treat the whole person.
Commenting on the new role, Siobhan said:
“It is an honour to be appointed co-clinical director of the Mind & Body Programme at King’s Health Partners. I am excited to have this opportunity to help shape the clinical direction of the work, ensuring we deliver practical quality improvement that enhances patient care across our local health systems and beyond.”
Siobhan will take up her new role in September 2023, jointly held with Dr Mike Dilley, consultant neuropsychiatrist in brain injury at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
They join Professor Mark Edwards on the leadership team. Mark has been appointed as academic director alongside his role as professor of neurology and interface disorders at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London. He brings together experience treating mental and physical health through clinical roles at South London and Maudsley and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts.
Together, the new leadership team will work with the programme team to refresh and refocus the programme’s strategic approach and long term goals. Initial priorities are to grow the Mind & Body Improvement Network to deliver national and international impact; create a new research collaborative to lead the way in the integration of mental and physical healthcare; and continue to build on and further develop partnerships across King’s Health Partners and south east London.
The Mind & Body Programme is funded by partners, King's College London, and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts, with support from The Health Foundation, Guy's and St Thomas' Charity, The Burdett Trust, Maudsley Charity and Leukaemia UK.
