From the age of 3 Deborah knew she wanted to be a nurse and after a 27 year career in the NHS, starting as a student nurse and working her way up to Divisional Nurse Manager, she decided to focus her long term passion on a more holistic approach to nursing in the private sector…. Read more »

Richard is the founder of IBI TH!NK. An advocate of evidence-based design, Richard creates innovations that positively impact on specific patient groups. Sense Sensitive Design, Emotional Mapping, the Design Prescription, Sensory Plans and Design Heals are a few of the models that he has successfully pioneered. Richard gains great satisfaction from translating holistic ideas into… Read more »

Leah is a Registered Mental Health Nurse with over 10 years experience working within the older adult/mental health sector. Using her previous experience of managing Dementia Nursing Homes, Homeless Units and Extra Support Housing Schemes across Lancashire and Merseyside she has gained a wealth of experience in a varied range of health and social care… Read more »

Faith is a general adult consultant psychiatrist currently working in psychiatric intensive care at the Caludon Centre, CWPT. She has worked as a psychiatrist for 20 years and has extensive experience working in community and acute settings.  She has worked as an NHS consultant psychiatrist in Coventry for the last 16 years and is the… Read more »

Natalie joined Maytree in 2011 as a Project Manager prior to her appointment as Director in 2013. Before coming to Maytree she gained extensive experience managing a Community Drug service in Croydon. Her career within the voluntary sector began in 1993, gaining experience in the fields of Mental health, drug and alcohol misuse and homelessness…. Read more »

David co-founded arts organisation MBD after graduating Lancaster University in 1997. After going solo in 2012 he has recorded a clinical depression concept album (Good Friday) which he turned into a show, written a children’s book (The Nose That Nobody Picked) which he turned into a musical, and penned a memoir about recovering from a… Read more »

Ruairi has been designing healthcare environments for 18 years. This includes projects such as Glenside Campus, a130-bed new mental health facility in Adelaide, and Ferndene, a 40-bed new children and young person’s mental health and learning disabilities inpatient facility in Northumbria. Ruairi is particularly interested in how a patient’s environment can contribute to their wellbeing… Read more »

A healthcare architect for over 35 years, Tim Rommel is a recognized expert in the planning and design of mental healthcare facilities, with several dozen highly regarded projects to his credit. The mental healthcare leader for CannonDesign’s Health practice, Tim’s professional focus is providing clients with planning solutions to meet current and emerging trends in… Read more »