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Professor Farooq Khan
Consultant Psychiatrist
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Gemma Brannigan
Partner
London
MBBS, M.D. Psychiatry, FRCPsych, FIPS, MSc Med Ed
Professor Khan is a Consultant Psychiatrist and works in the NHS and independent practice.
He is Visiting Professor of Psychiatry, University of Chester and, Clinical Lead for Dementia,
Midlands, NHSE&I.
Professor Khan has specific expertise in the following:
• Older Adults
Charlotte Radcliffe
Senior Associate
London
• Dementia in all ages
• Memory impairment
• Cognitive impairment
• Assessment of cognition
• Psychiatric / mental health ailments
• Psychotic disorders
• Bipolar disorders
• Depression / Anxiety disorders
Fur ther exper tise lies in the areas of general and forensic psychiatry, including a
comprehensive and wide ranged professional experience of working in adult, old age, child,
alcohol and substance use, learning disability, asser tive outreach, mental capacity, and a
number of psychiatric disorders, such as psychosis, depression, anxiety, phobias, dementia,
and bipolar disorders.
He has a number of years of experience in writing medical exper t repor ts for NHS
England, General Medical Council, General Dental Council and other medico legal bodies.
Professor Khan also specialises in complex Cour t of Protection cases and Mental Capacity
Charlotte Besland
Solicitor
London
issues in patients with dementia, delirium, learning disability and other mental health
presentations including matters of Deprivation of Liber ty Safeguards (DoLS). He also
gained exper tise in asylum and depor tation related matters which pose a significant
challenge to the individuals involved.
Professor Khan has experience in giving evidence and writing repor ts as an exper t in
matters relating to occupational health, fitness to practice, fitness to plead / give evidence in
cour t, and similar litigation matters.
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Professor Khan is a member of an editorial review board of a Medical Journal. He has
authored more than 50 publications in National and International Medical Journals and
Newsletters including 16 PubMed indexed and peer reviewed Journals.
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Dr Prakash Raviraj
Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist
MBBS, FRCPsych, LLM, CCT (Forensic)
Dr Raviraj is an independent Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist based in Manchester. He is a
practicing clinician with inpatient responsibilities. He has authored reports to the Crown,
Magistrates and Family Courts.
He has clinical experience of working in high, medium, low secure and community forensic
psychiatric services. He has extensive experience of working in various prisons across
the North of England. He is a member of the first tier mental health review tribunals and
appointed by CQC as a second opinion appointed doctor (SOAD).
He was the medical Director at Cygnet Wyke until April 2021. He worked previously as a full
time consultant at the Spinney in Atherton and as a NHS consultant at the Edenfield Centre.
He was awarded LLM in Mental Health Law from Northumbria University in May 2010;
his dissertation was: ‘Murder by mentally ill - A review of the Defences of Insanity and
Diminished Responsibility’.
Dr Khaled Abdel-Aziz
Dr Raviraj speaks Hindi, Urdu, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil languages.
He will endeavour to submit his report within three weeks of receipt of all paperwork and can
Consultant Neurologist
provide reports much earlier if all the information is provided with the initial request.
He will be available to visit clients at solicitor’s offices and conducts assessments remotely to
BSc, MBChB, PhD, FRCP
provide reports in time.
He has prepared reports in following areas:
Assessment of mental capacity
Mental health review tribunals
Dr Abdel-Aziz is a consultant neurologist / expert witness based in
Surrey and London. He has consulting rooms for medicolegal
appointments in Central London, Woking and Guildford and can travel
to assess clients if necessary, subject to pre-agreement. He currently
prepares around 80 (65 personal injury and 15 clinical negligence)
medicolegal reports per year and has given oral evidence in court once
in the last 5 years.
Criminal matters:
Diminished responsibility and homicide cases
Psychiatric assessments for fitness to plead and fitness to stand trial
Assessment for learning disability in the context of offending
Assessment for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Sexual offences and suitability for Sex Offending Treatment Programme
Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome
Pre-sentence psychiatric reports
Dangerousness
Intoxication and criminal responsibility
Arson
Violence risk assessments
Self harm/Suicide risk assessments
Addictions psychiatry
Dr Abdel-Aziz obtained the Cardiff University Bond Solon Civil
Expert Certificate in 2021 and is indemnified with the MPS.
Immigration and asylum seeker mental health issues
Parole board reports
Care proceedings:
Parenting capacity, risk assessments to determine placement
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Address: Nuffield Hospital, Grange Rd, Woking, GU21 4BY
Area of work: London, Surrey & Nationwide
Mental health issues- Psychosis, Substance misuse, Personality Disorder, Schizophrenia,
PTSD, Affective disorders and other psychiatric conditions
Contact: Mrs Reshma Prakash - Tel: 0161 928 7587
Email: prpsychiatry@gmail.com - Alternate Email: p.raviraj@nhs.net
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