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, a Counsellor and a Counselling Psychologist, whose focus is on the delivery of complex and tailored psychological interventions for physically and medically ill patients. Clinical Psychologists in Training from local Universities are frequently on placement with us and 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 are also developing Schwartz Rounds © to staff, which provide managed spaces for emotional processing.

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

Services

Psychological Medicine is commissioned to provide services in the following areas at York Hospital:

Cancer
Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic Fibrosis Paediatric
Diabetes
Gastro
Headache
Neuro
Pain/Clinical Enablement
Renal

We provide a service for Neuropsychology, Renal Psychology and the Clinical Enablement Service for patients with chronic pain, delivered from Scarborough Hospital.

We have a Psychological Medicine administrative team based across both sites, with the Team Lead 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
Woodlands Drive
Scarborough
YO12 6QL

Contact

For more information about the service contact the Admin Team on 01904 725353 or psychologicalmedicineadminteam@york.nhs.uk

Meet the team

Name	Title	Special Interest
Dr Elizabeth Anderson	Head of Department, Consultant Clinical Psychologist	Department Management/Neuropsychology
Dr Jo McVey (Deputy)	Consultant Clinical Psychologist	Medical Psychology
Ruth Dixon	Head of Enablement Service Scarborough Consultant Counselling Psychologist	Pain Psychology
Dr Stephen Evans	Consultant Clinical Psychologist	Neuropsychology
Dr Jo Beckett	Principal Clinical Psychologist	Neuropsychology
Dr Jo Jordan	Principal Clinical Psychologist	Pain Psychology
Dr Beate Riedel	Principal Clinical Psychologist	Renal Psychology Lead and Cancer Psychology
Dr Jess Brown	Principal Clinical Psychologist	Cystic Fibrosis and Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis Psychology
Dr Phil Simpson	Principal Clinical Psychologist	Cancer Psychology Lead and Neuropsychology - Scarborough
Dr Amy Spratt	Senior Clinical Psychologist	Pain Psychology
Dr Rachel Crabbe	Senior Clinical Psychologist	Diabetes Psychology Outreach Team
Dr Yvonne Docherty	Senior Clinical Psychologist	Diabetes Psychology
Dr Hannah Marklew	Senior Clinical Psychologist	Neuropsychology and Cancer Psychology
Dr Lisa Hinds-Geen	Senior Clinical Psychologist	Gastro Psychology
Sarah Proud	MacMillan Professional Specialist Counsellor	Cancer Psychology
Dr Toni Jenkinson	Clinical Psychologist	Neuropsychology and pain psychology
Dr Lottie Cowell	Clinical Psychologist	Renal psychology and Pain psychology
Ruth Bulmer	Admin Team Lead
Joanne Barker	PA to HoS / Information Administrator
Jenny Danks	Clerical Officer
Anita Hartley-Tate	Clerical Assistant
Debbie Postill	Clerical Assistant
Fiona Bathgate	Clerical Assistant
Clinical Psychologists in Training	6 month temporary staff on rotation	All clinical areas

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