Dr Hema Ananth

Hema was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2012 for her contribution to Psychiatry. She is Dual Accredited in Old Age and General Adult Psychiatry and has an endorsement in Liaison. She has published several papers and contributed to the Oxford Textbook of Elderly Psychiatry. Her NHS work is in Hertfordshire, where she has been the Lead for the local Memory Service. This involves close work with the Alzheimer’s Society, with whom she has been involved in a voluntary capacity. She routinely cares for patients with dementia, bipolar, depressive and psychotic conditions. She is the Chair of the Herts Old Age Psychiatry Group and also sits on the Ethics Executive. She has been involved in private practice for 12 years. Hema is actively involved in Medical Education of Junior Doctors and is a Tutor and recently completed a Masters in Medical Education. She was elected Secretary of the Psychiatry Council at The Royal Society of Medicine where she promotes Psychiatry and inputs into conferences. She is part of the panel at the Royal College of Psychiatrists responsible for setting the MRPsych exam paper. She has previously been on the Liaison Faculty and Women in Psychiatry Group at The Royal College of Psychiatrists and remains an active member of the Old Age Faculty. She has a long track record of medico-legal work including routine and more complex assessments of capacity. read more