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

Psychological Medicine
The Old Chapel
Bootham Park
C/O York Hospital
York
YO31 8HE

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 Jo McVey	Interim Head of Department (joint)Consultant Clinical Psychologist	Medical Psychology/cancer psychology
Ruth Dixon	Interim Head of Department (joint) Consultant Counselling Psychologist	Staff Wellbeing Psychology Lead
Dr Stephen Evans	Consultant Clinical Psychologist	Neuropsychology
Dr Dane Rowley	Principal Clinical Psychologist	Neuropsychology
Dr Lottie Cowell	Senior Clinical Psychologist	Neuropsychology - York and Scarborough
Dr Emily Thornhill	Clinical Psychologist	Neuropsychology
Dr Jess Brown	Principal Clinical Psychologist	Diabetes Psychology
Dr Beate Riedel	Principal Clinical Psychologist	Kidney Care and Cancer Psychology
Dr Phil Simpson	Principal Clinical Psychologist	Cancer Psychology
Dr Becki Lenton	Senior Clinical Psychologist	Staff Wellbeing and Cancer Psychology
Sarah Proud	Specialist Counsellor	Cancer Psychology
Dr Jo Cates	Specialist Locum Clinical Psychologist	Cancer Psychology
Dr Emily Young	Principal Clinical Psychologist	Cystic Fibrosis Adult and Paediatric
Dr Sam Rankin	Principal Clinical Psychologist	Pain Psychology
Dr Laura Sweeney	Senior Clinical Psychologist	Pain Psychology
Dr Tracy Richardson	Specialist Locum Clinical Psychologist	Pain Psychology
Dr Yvonne Doherty	Principal Clinical Psychologist	Staff Wellbeing
Dr Lisa Hinds-Green	Principal Clinical Psychologist	Staff Wellbeing
Dr Siobhan Walmsley	Counselling Psychologist	Staff Wellbeing
Dr Kirsty Kennedy	Specialist Locum Consultant Psychologist	General and Post Covid Psychology
Ruth Bulmer	Admin Manager
Joanne Barker	PA to HoS / Information Administrator
Jenny Danks	Administrative Assistant
Anita Hartley-Tate	Administrative Assistant
Debbie Postill	Administrative Assistant	Staff Wellbeing
Jo Varley	Administrative Assistant	Staff Wellbeing

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