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crisis, and addressing the inappropriate use of community treatment orders, which black people were 11
times more likely to receive. We will look to work with
the Department of Health and Social Care over the
next weeks and months to help shape the Mental
Health Bill and put dignity at the heart of how our
public services support people experiencing a mental
health crisis.”
Dr Kailash Krishnan
Consultant in Stroke Medicine
and Hon Asst Professor
MBBS, FRCP, FESO, PhD (Stroke Medicine)
Dr Krishnan is triple accredited in General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Stroke
Medicine with expertise in Geriatrics and Stroke Medicine. He completed by PhD in
Mark Winstanley, Chief Executive, Rethink Mental Illness, said: “People tell us that the Mental Health Act
has saved their life, but that the experience was horrendous. It is hard to fathom that when people are at
their most unwell they are still routinely placed in
prison cells, have no say in who is appointed as their
nearest relative and have so little involvement in their
treatment.
Stroke at the University of Nottingham and has been a full-time Consultant since
2016.
He is involved in the management of patients in stroke and transient ischaemic
attack (TIA) across the whole patient pathway including diagnosis, investigation, acute
treatment, rehabilitation, secondary prevention and long-term complications.
Dr Krishnan is co-lead of the Mechanical Thrombectomy service at Queen's
Medical Centre Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and now involved in
roll-out and implementation of AI regionally. Dr Krishnan is also co-lead the PFO
closure for cryptogenic stroke at Nottingham which is now a regional service.
Dr Krishnan is a group chair for developing national guidelines for stroke and part
Reform of this vital legislation is long overdue, and
today marks another important step towards the reality of a Mental Health Act fit for the 21st century. Reform should help ensure people are with dignity and
respect, and help to protect us all.
of an international consortium which developed guidelines for HRT in stroke,
thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy for pregnancy and peuperium for the
European Stroke Organisation.
Dr Krishnan is now a chief investigator of a multicentre, randomised controlled trial
in acute intracerebral haemorrhage (awarded by the NIHR RfPB) and principal/site
investigator for eight other clinical trials. He has published widely in national and
international journals (including the Lancet) and regularly peer-review publications
submitted to various journals. He is an invited and elected member of various
We hope the bill is given careful passage through Parliament so it can be swiftly implemented, and bring
improvements for the thousands of people who are
detained under the act every year.”
national and international committees.
Contact: Kailash Krishnan
Tel: 0115 924 9924 - Mobile: 07771 542 937
Email: kailashkrishnan@doctors.org.uk
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