Psychological Medicine

Welcome to the Department of Psychological Medicine whose main base is at York Hospital, with a new smaller hub at Scarborough Hospital.

We are a modestly sized service comprised of clinical psychologists, counsellors and counselling psychology, whose focus is on the delivery of complex and tailored evidence-based psychological interventions for physically and medically ill patients. Clinical psychologists in training from local Universities are frequently on placement with us and will also see patients.

We hold outpatient clinics at York, Selby, Harrogate and Scarborough hospitals and at our main department office, The Old Chapel, Bootham Park, York. We also see in- patients at York Hospital.

The Department leads a number of Reflective Practice Groups with MDT staff to promote and enhance their psychological understanding and emotional responses to patients, and enable their clinical practice. We also run regular experiential Sage and Thyme© courses for staff, to enhance communication skills. Staff can access this via the Learning Hub. We have also developed Schwartz Rounds © which provide managed spaces for emotional processing, available to all Trust staff. These are delivered bi-monthly in York and Scarborough Hospitals.

Training and teaching, audit and supervision are also regularly conducted.

We have formal academic links with York University and Hull University.

Services

Psychological Medicine is commissioned to provide psychological services to patients in the following clinical areas at our hospitals, via team referral.

Cancer
Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic Fibrosis Paediatric
Diabetes
Gastro
Neuro and Headache
Pain
Renal

We provide a service for Neuropsychology and Renal Psychology patients delivered at Scarborough Hospital.

We have a Psychological Medicine Administrative team based at our department hub in York.

Location

York Hospital
The Old Chapel
Bootham Park
York
YO30 7BY (please note; there is no vehicle access currently available via Bootham at the moment)

Scarborough Hospital
Haworth Unit and Outpatients Department
Woodlands Drive
Scarborough
YO12 6QL

Contact

For more information about the service contact the Admin Team on 01904 725353

Meet the team

Name	Title	Clinical Interest
Dr Liz Anderson	Head of Department, Consultant Clinical Psychologist	Neuropsychology
Dr Jo McVey (Deputy)	Consultant Clinical Psychologist	Medical Psychology
Ruth Dixon	Consultant Counselling Psychologist	Pain Psychology
Dr Stephen Evans	Consultant Clinical Psychologist	Neuropsychology
Dr Catriona McIntosh	Principal Clinical Psychologist	Neuropsychology
Dr Jess Brown	Principal Clinical Psychologist	Cystic Fibrosis and Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis Psychology
Dr Jo Jordan	Principal Clinical Psychologist	Pain Psychology
Dr Beate Riedel	Principal Clinical Psychologist	Renal Psychology and Cancer Psychology
Dr Phil Simpson	Principal Clinical Psychologist	Cancer Psychology and Neuropsychology
Dr Yvonne Doherty	Senior Clinical Psychologist	Diabetes Psychology
Dr Lisa Hinds-Geen	Senior Clinical Psychologist	Gastro Psychology
Dr Hannah Marklew	Senior Clinical Psychologist	Neuropsychology and Cancer Psychology
Sarah Proud	MacMillan Professional Specialist Counsellor	Cancer Psychology
Dr Lottie Cowell	Clinical Psychologist	Renal psychology and Pain Psychology
Dr Toni Jenkinson	Clinical Psychologist	Neuropsychology and Pain Psychology
Dr Laura Sweeney	Clinical Psychologist	Cancer and Pain Psychology
Ruth Bulmer	Admin Manager
Joanne Barker	PA to HoS / Information Administrator
Jenny Danks	Clerical Officer
Anita Hartley-Tate	Clerical Assistant
Debbie Postill	Clerical Assistant
Clinical Psychologists in Training	6 month temporary staff on rotation	All clinical areas