Month: October 2016

Katharine Lazenby

People Participation Worker, at East London NHS Foundation Trust Having struggled with complex mental health issues since her teens, and the accompanying hospitalisation throughout her twenties, Katharine uses her lived experience to help others in similar situations and improve the provision of mental health and social care. Katharine works with Peabody Housing Association to co-design… Read more »

Jenny Gill

Coming from an NHS background Jenny has over 20 years’ experience in mental health services and design.  She is an experienced healthcare planner and technical author. Publications include Health Building notes (HBN) 03-01 – Adult acute mental health units (2013) and 03-02- Child and Adolescent Mental Health services (2017) for the Department of Health and… Read more »

Chris Dzikiti

Senior Programme Manager (Mental Health Lead), North London Partners in Health and Social care Chris qualified as mental health nurse in 2002 and has 20 years experience of working in different mental health services. In his current role he works as a Deputy Director of Programmes for NHS England and NHS Improvement supporting the delivery… Read more »

Wendy de Silva

Architect, Mental Health Lead at The IBI Group Wendy is currently working on projects which bring clinicians, academics and service users together at The South London and Maudsley NHS Trust. She is also designing new inpatient facilities for Surrey and Borders NHS Trust.  A strong advocate for enabling population wellbeing, she enjoys opportunities to integrate… Read more »