Mental health for people with long term conditions

On April the 19th we held our APPG meeting on mental health for people with long term conditions alongside the APPG on Parkinson’s.

We had an excellent panel made up of:

  • Dr Jennifer Foley, Neuropsychologist at National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.
  • Dr Amrit Sachar, Liaison psychiatry consultant, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust & West London NHS Trust
  • Liz Barnes, expert by experience
  • Kayleigh Steel, Expert by experience

We opened with some excellent short introductions from our speakers followed by a Q&A session lead by our Chair, Derek Thomas MP and Mary Glindon, the Chair of the APPG on Parkinson’s. To find out what was discussed, please see the minutes below.