Advisory Board
Advisory Board’s role:
The Advisory Board is a group of experts supporting the project team by ensuring that we have the most recent information available to enable us to deliver a final report that is of a high quality and helpful for people who use services. Further, the Board ensures that our project meets its stated objectives within timeline and budget. It also specifically discusses the project findings and advice us of the potential impact and implications upon local and national policy. We meet every six months.
Advisory Board members:
Professor Mark Johnson (Chair)
Professor of Diversity in Health & Social Care, De Montfort University and Lead of the Health of Minority Ethnic Communities in the UK Network
Professor Zenobia Nadirshaw (Vice-Chair)
The Head of Psychology at Kensington and Chelsea PCT and Chair of the National Advisory Group on LD and Ethnicity
Ms Ghzala Ahmad
Coventry Carers Centre
Ms Anthea Sully
Interim Chief Executive Officer of Association for Real Change
Dr John Devapriam
Consultant Psychiatrist at Leicester Frith Learning Disability Service, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Dr Peter Eggison
Head of Access and Learning Disability Nursing Faculty of Education Health and Wellbeing
Professor Linda Lang
Dean of the Faculty of Education Health and Wellbeing , University of Wolverhampton
Ms Fiona Ritchie
Associate Director at Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Professor Surinder Sharma
National Director for Equality and Human Rights, Department of Health
Ms Jacqueline Smart
Service User Development Officer, NIHR Mental Health Research Network
Ms Sue Williams
Research Manager, Kent County Council (Adult Services)