CMHP Council
After reaching 25 accredited members the founders board of the CMHP has been replaced by the first elected council. The CMHP would like to thank all of the founders for their hard work in establishing the CMHP as a credible organisation.
This page is under review following the CMHP elections.
President
Stephen Guy MCMHP
Pharmacy Department,
Knockbracken Healthcare Park,
Saintfield Road,
Belfast BT8 8BH
Tel: 02890-565322
Email: stephen.guy@belfasttrust.hscni.net
Stephen graduated from Queen's University of Belfast in 1983 and worked in community pharmacy for 16 years. He owned and ran his own community pharmacy in Belfast for seven years before moving into mental health in 1999. He was a Council member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland for 6 years.
Stephen was co-opted to the CMHP committee in 2005 and stood successfully for election in 2006, taking over as President in 2007. He is a passionate believer in the role of the Specialist Mental Health Pharmacist and the role the College has to play in helping deliver high quality mental health across the United Kingdom.
In his spare time, Stephen enjoys building and flying control line model aircraft and maintaining and driving his red AC Cobra kit replica car.
Vice-President
Dr. Dave Branford PhD MRPharmS,
Chief Pharmacist,
Kingsway Hospital,
Derbyshire Mental Health Services NHS Trust,
Derby DE22 3LZ
Tel: 01332 623567
Mob: 07786 391472
Email: david.branford@derbysmhservices.nhs.uk
Cathy Mortimer MCMHP
Pharmacy Manager,
Princess Marina Hospital,
Upton,
Northampton NN5 6UH
Email: Cathy.Mortimer@nht.northants.nhs.uk
Tel: 01604 595 210
Current council membership: 2006-2009
Jane Riley MCMHP
Pharmacy,
St. Mary's Hospital,
Green Hill Road,
Armley,
Leeds LS12 3QE
jane_riley_work@yahoo.com
Lynn Haygarth MRPharmS, MEd, MCMHP, BPharm, MRPharm
Chief Pharmacist,
South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust,
F Mill,
Dean Clough,
Halifax HX3 5AX
Tel: 01422 281352 Email: lynn.haygarth@jblh.nhs.uk
Lynn is currently Chief Pharmacist for South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust and has worked in mental health services for the past twenty years before that being a proprietor pharmacist in Headingley, Leeds. Lynn is a founder member of the UKPPG and has worked tirelessly to develop mental health services and support others to develop. For 14 years Lynn worked for the Leeds mental health services moving from basic grade to principal pharmacist over the years and developing new services on the way. In particular developing pharmacy services to the Leeds Addiction Unit and developing education and training in mental health. As a member of the UKPPG she has been secretary, vice chairman, conference organiser, chairman, bulletin editor and course organiser for many years. As a result she was awarded the Millenium Chairman’s award by Steve Bazire for services to mental health pharmacy.
A keen interest remains education and training and supporting students through the passage to college membership.
Lynn enjoys walking her dog on Ilkley Moor and likes nothing better than a good laugh with friends
Steve Bleakley MRPharmS, DipPsychPharm, MCMHP
Specialist Pharmacist, Mental Health
Portsmouth City Teaching PCT
The Beeches,
St James's Hospital,
Locksway Road,
Portsmouth PO4 8LD
Email: stephen.bleakley@ports.nhs.uk
Tel: 0239 283510
Current council membership: 2006-2008
Steve is specialist pharmacist for mental health for Postsmouth City PCT. He was previously a senior pharmacist at South London and the Maudsley Foundation Trust, either doing Medicines Information or on the former UKPPG medication helpline. In 2006 he won the poster competition at the UKPPG 13th International Conference and he is also current chairman of the South East Psychiatric Pharmacy Network.
In his spare time Steve can be found strutting his stuff at the local salsa clubs and playing the trumpet.
Public Relations
Helen Shaw
Lead Clinical Pharmacist-Community & Collaborative Care,
Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire MH Partnership NHS Trust,
Pharmacy Office,
Littlemore Mental Health Centre,
Oxford OX4 4XN
Tel:01865 223377
Fax: 01865 221327
email: helen.shaw@obmh.nhs.uk
Declaration of potential financial and other interests: Nil
The CMHP Board, October 2005:
Kate Dewhirst, Cathy Mortimer, Jane Riley, Celia Feetam and Stuart Gill-Banham
Many of the CMHP members at the AGM in October 2005, including Ian Maidment, Dave Branford, Michael Marven, Justine Raynsford, Graham Newton and Carol Paton, but not Steve Bazire (who was taking the photo) nor Alan Pollard
Previous Council members
Celia Feetam BPharm (Hons), MSc, MRPharmS, MCMHP
Email (home): celiafeetam@madasafish.com
Email (PgC/PgD) c.l.feetam@aston.ac.uk
Tel: 07958 306 805
Current council membership: 2005-2008
Celia Feetam has worked in psychiatry since 1975 both in the NHS as well as the independent sector. She was UKPPG Treasurer from 1995 to 2000 and Vice Chairman (1999 to 2001). She was awarded the Chairman's award in 2001 for a lifetime achievement in psychiatry, completed two years as Chairman in October 2003 and retired from the committee in October 2004, to stand for, and be elected to the CMHP Council. She became President in 2005 and retired from that role in October 2007. She manages the pharmacy services for the northern part of Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust as well as running the postgraduate Certificate in Psychiatric Therapeutics and Diploma in Psychiatric Pharmacy from Aston University in Birmingham.
Stuart Gill-Banham MCMHP
Medway School of Pharmacy,
University of Kent and Greenwich,
Central Avenue,
Chatham Maritime,
Kent ME4 4TB
Email: s.gill-banham@gre.ac.uk
Tel: 01634 883150
