Join us for the second part of our fascinating discussion with distinguished consultant psychiatrist, Dr Alice Ashby. In this episode, Dr Ashby discusses her groundbreaking work in maternal mental health. She shares her valuable insights into key risk management challenges affecting the practice of modern day psychiatry, including patient confidentiality, capacity and obtaining informed consent, and she recounts her extraordinary professional experiences as a long-standing member of the onsite psychiatric medical team at Glastonbury festival.

In this episode we’re joined by Carlton Sadler, a top healthcare regulatory lawyer, to help guide us through the complexities of CQC’s faltering Single Assessment Framework. Join us as we discuss what the future now holds for SAF amidst the continuing fall-out from the highly critical interim Dash report. As we await publication of the final report later this month, Carlton shares his unique perspectives and insights into the trials and tribulations faced by England’s principal health and care regulator as it seeks to address the operational hiccups, tech troubles, inconsistent rating methodologies and erosion of trust that were highlighted in Dr Penny Dash’s stinging interim report.

In Part 1 of this fascinating two-part series, we are joined by Dr Alice Ashby, Consultant Psychiatrist and Associate Medical Director at the London Psychiatry Clinic. In this instalment, Dr Ashby shares her expert insights on some of the key trends affecting modern day psychiatric practice including the exponential rise in ADHD diagnoses, the extraordinary power of the mind-body connection in mental health, and how the sector is adapting to the post pandemic explosion of telemedicine and remote consultations.